fateful
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.
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fateful
(ˈfeɪtfʊl)adj
1. having important consequences; decisively important
2. bringing death or disaster
3. controlled by or as if by fate
4. prophetic
ˈfatefully adv
ˈfatefulness n
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fate•ful
(ˈfeɪt fəl)adj.
1. having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous: a fateful meeting.
2. fatal, deadly, or disastrous.
3. controlled or determined by destiny; inexorable.
4. prophetic; ominous.
[1705–15]
fate′ful•ly, adv.
fate′ful•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Adj. | 1. | fateful - having momentous consequences; of decisive importance; "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev; "the fatal day of the election finally arrived" decisive - determining or having the power to determine an outcome; "cast the decisive vote"; "two factors had a decisive influence" |
| 2. | fateful - ominously prophetic prophetic, prophetical - foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic" | |
| 3. |  fateful - (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error"unfortunate - not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned" | |
| 4. | fateful - controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events" inevitable - incapable of being avoided or prevented; "the inevitable result" |
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fateful
adjective
1. crucial, important, significant, critical, decisive, momentous, portentous What changed for him in that fateful year?
crucial ordinary, insignificant, unimportant, inconsequential, nugatory
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fateful
adjective1. So critically decisive as to affect the future:
2. Governed and decided by or as if by fate:
3. Causing ruin or destruction:
4. Portending future disaster:
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Translations
حاسِم، مَصيري
osudný
skæbnesvanger
örlagaríkur, afdrifaríkur
usoden
geleceği belirleyecek
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fateful
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fateful
[ˈfeɪtfʊl] adj (momentous, day, event) → fatale; (prophetic, words) → fatidico/a
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fate
(feit) noun1. (sometimes with capital) the supposed power that controls events. Who knows what fate has in store (= waiting for us in the future)?
2. a destiny or doom, eg death. A terrible fate awaited her.
ˈfatalism nounthe belief that fate controls everything, and man cannot change it.
ˈfatalist nouna person who believes in fatalism. He is a complete fatalist – he just accepts everything that happens to him.
ˌfataˈlistic adjectiveˈfated adjectivecontrolled or intended by fate. He seemed fated to arrive late wherever he went.
ˈfateful adjectiveinvolving important decisions, results etc. At last the fateful day arrived.
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