fate (noun)

  • 11fate map — noun a diagram of an embryo of some organism showing the structures that will develop from each part …

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  • 12fate drama — noun : a play especially popular in early 19th century Germany in which a malignant destiny drives the protagonist to commit a horrible crime often unsuspectingly …

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  • 13fate map — noun : a plan of an early embryo indicating the potentialities for development and differentiation of the various embryonic areas * * * Embryol. a diagram or series of diagrams indicating the later structures or adult parts that develop from… …

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  • 14fate */*/ — UK [feɪt] / US noun Word forms fate : singular fate plural fates 1) [countable] the things that happen to someone, especially unpleasant things fate of: a meeting that would decide the fate of thousands of employees suffer a fate: The refugees… …

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  • 15fate — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin fatum, literally, what has been spoken, from neuter of fatus, past participle of fari to speak more at ban Date: 14th century 1. the will or principle or… …

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  • 16fate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. destiny, lot, fortune, doom, predestination, chance. See necessity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The predetermined course of events] Syn. destiny, fortune, destination, luck, predetermination,… …

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  • 17fate — 1. noun 1) what has fate in store for me? Syn: destiny, providence, the stars, chance, luck, serendipity, fortune, kismet, karma 2) my fate was in their hands Syn: future, destiny …

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  • 18fate — 1. noun 1) what has fate in store for me? Syn: destiny, providence, the stars, chance, luck, serendipity, fortune 2) my fate was in their hands Syn: future, destiny, outcome …

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  • 19fate*/ — [feɪt] noun 1) [C] the things that happen to someone a meeting that would decide the fate of thousands of employees[/ex] 2) [U] a power that some people believe controls everything that happens in their lives Fate has dealt these people a cruel… …

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  • 20fate — /feɪt / (say fayt) noun 1. fortune; lot; destiny. 2. a divine decree or a fixed sentence by which the order of things is prescribed. 3. that which is inevitably predetermined; destiny. 4. a prophetic declaration of what must be. 5. death,… …