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fate fully
fate·ful
/
ˈfeɪt
fəl
/
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[
feyt
-f
uh
l
]
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adjective
1.
having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous:
a fateful meeting between the leaders of the two countries.
2.
fatal, deadly, or disastrous.
3.
controlled or determined by destiny; inexorable.
4.
prophetic; ominous.
Origin:
1705–15;
fate
+
-ful
Related forms
fate·ful·ly,
adverb
fate·ful·ness,
noun
Can be confused:
fatal
,
fateful,
fetal
(see synonym study at
fatal
).
Synonyms
1, 4.
See
ominous
.
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World English Dictionary
fateful
(ˈfeɪtfʊl)
—
adj
1.
having important consequences; decisively important
2.
bringing death or disaster
3.
controlled by or as if by fate
4.
prophetic
'fatefully
—
adv
'fatefulness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
fateful
1710s, "prophetic," from
fate
+
-ful
. Meaning "of momentous consequences" is from c.1800. Related: Fatefully.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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