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fateful

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fate⋅ful

  [feyt-fuhl]
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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

Synonyms:
1, 4. See ominous.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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fate·ful   (fāt'fəl)   
adj.  

  1. Vitally affecting subsequent events; being of great consequence; momentous: a fateful decision to counterattack.

  2. Controlled by or as if by fate; predetermined.

  3. Bringing death or disaster; fatal.

  4. Ominously prophetic; portentous: a fateful sign.

fate'ful·ly adv., fate'ful·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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