Толковый словарь английского языка - fate
Fate
fate
I. noun see: ban Date: 14th century the will or principle or determining cause by which things in general are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do ; destiny , 2. an inevitable and often adverse outcome, condition, or end, disaster , 3. final outcome, the expected result of normal development , the circumstances that befall someone or something , the three goddesses who determine the course of human life in classical mythology, Synonyms: see: ~ II. transitive verb (~d; fating) Date: 1601 destine
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n. & v. --n. 1 a power regarded as predetermining events unalterably. 2 a the future regarded as determined by such a power. b an individual's appointed lot. c the ultimate condition or end of a person or thing (that sealed our fate). 3 death, destruction. 4 (usu. Fate) a goddess of destiny, esp. one of three Greek or Scandinavian goddesses. --v.tr. 1 (usu. in passive) preordain (was fated to win). 2 (as fated adj.) doomed to destruction. Phrases and idioms fate worse than death see DEATH. Etymology: ME f. It. fato & L fatum that which is spoken, f. fari speak ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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