fateful
Use Fateful in a sentence
fəl 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.
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| —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 | |
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Example sentences
And scientists have stepped up their research into the fateful traffic of disease between animals and people.
After his fateful presentation, similar conferences stopped inviting him to speak.
We must never forget the events of that fateful day.
If he qualifies, he'll join a list of individuals waiting for that fateful call.
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