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fated

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈfeɪtɪd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: [ˈfeɪ̯ɾɨd]
  • homophone: faded
  • rhymes with -eɪtɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: F EY1 T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Foreordained, predetermined, established in advance by fate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fateful, predestined

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of fate

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

(usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • doomed to unhappiness
  • fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: doomed

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: предопределен (predopredelen) — foreordain, predetermined
  • Bulgarian: обречен (obrečen) — foreordain, predetermined
  • German: vorbestimmt — foreordain, predetermined
  • Ancient Greek: μόρσιμος (mórsimos) — foreordain, predetermined
  • Polish: przesądzony z góry — foreordain, predetermined
  • Polish: nieuchronny — foreordain, predetermined
  • Polish: nieunikniony — foreordain, predetermined
  • Polish: skazany — foreordain, predetermined
  • Portuguese: predestinado — foreordain, predetermined
  • Portuguese: fadado — foreordain, predetermined
  • Swedish: ödesbestämd — foreordain, predetermined