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How to pronounce fate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms designate, destine, doom
Type of ordain
Type Words
Synonyms destiny
Type of causal agent, causal agency, cause
Type Words
Synonyms destiny
Type of occurrence, natural event, occurrent, happening
Has types doomsday, end of the world, kismet, kismat, karma, doom, predestination, day of reckoning, inevitable
Type Words
Synonyms circumstances, destiny, fortune, lot, luck, portion
Type of condition
Has types providence, tough luck, ill luck, bad luck, good luck, good fortune, failure, luckiness, misfortune


deserved a better fate.

Examples of fate

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All bets are off now that the Egyptian commander in chief's fate is on the edge.
From the time.com
Will Americans adopt frugality as a way to avoid the fate of the European Union?
From the bostonherald.com
Fellow energycompanies Chevron and ConocoPhillips were victims of the same fate.
From the forbes.com
Bass has clear sympathy for those whose fate is to haunt some A-list or another.
From the washingtonpost.com
On Nov. 2, Winfield goes to the polls to decide the fate of the two referendums.
From the dailyherald.com
Not a bad fate in of itself, but not a fate it needs to back itself into either.
From the techcrunch.com
Maraachli, who is Muslim, said his family believes Joseph's fate rests with God.
From the stltoday.com
Tressel can only hope his fate is determined by his 106-22 record at Ohio State.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Then Kings owners Joe and Gavin Maloof will finally decide the franchise's fate.
From the timesunion.com
More examples
  • Destiny: an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
  • Destine: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist"
  • Destiny: the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of destiny"
  • Fortune: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
  • (fated) doomed: (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate; "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination"
  • "Fate" is a popular song from the 1953 musical Kismet and is credited to Robert Wright and George Forrest. Like all the music in that show, the melody was in fact based on music composed by Alexander Borodin, in this case, Borodin's Symphony No.2.
  • Fate (Turkish: Yazgu0131) is a 2001 Turkish drama film directed and screen-written by Zeki Demirkubuz based on the Albert Camus novel L'u00C9tranger. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
  • Fate is a 2008 South Korean film.
  • Fate, Danish heavy metal band originally formed in 1984. They disbanded in 1993, but after a one-off reunion at a German music festival in 2004, Fate was reformed and they released a new album, V, in 2006.