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fating

fating is the present participle and gerund of fate.

Meaning of fate

Verb

fate (third-person singular simple present fates, present participle fating, simple past and past participle fated)

  1. (transitive) To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.
    • The oracle's prediction fated Oedipus to kill his father; not all his striving could change what would occur.

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Questions about fating

What is fating the present participle and gerund of?
Fating is the present participle and gerund of fate.

Words near fating in the dictionary

  1. Fatimide
  2. Fatimides
  3. Fatimids
  4. Fatimite
  5. Fatimites
  6. fating
  7. fatiscence
  8. fatiscent
  9. fatism
  10. fatkini
  11. fatkinis

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