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written in the stars

written in the stars adjective: destined to happen, fated to happen.

Adjective

written in the stars (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Destined to happen, fated to happen.
    • It was written in the stars
      That our love would be born
      It was written in the stars
      We'd meet early one morn1948, Tony Martin (performer), Leo Robin (composer), It Was Written in the Stars
    • In the end it felt as if it was written in the stars. Every 12 years South Africa have an unerring habit of winning World Cups and they have done so again, following up their triumphs of 1995 and 2007 with another prodigious display of power and might.2019 November 2, Robert Kitson, “Rugby World Cup: South Africa surge to glory as England fall short”, in The Observer

Questions about written in the stars

What does written in the stars mean?
Written in the stars means destined to happen, fated to happen.
What part of speech is written in the stars?
Written in the stars is an adjective.

Words near written in the stars in the dictionary

  1. written for the drawer
  2. written in
  3. written in blood
  4. written in someone's face
  5. written in stone
  6. written in the stars
  7. written itself
  8. written off
  9. written one's own ticket
  10. written out
  11. written over

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