fated
adjective [after verb] /ˈfeɪ.tɪd/
/-t̬ɪd/ Definition
› not able to be avoided because planned by a power that controls events: [+ that] It seemed fated that we would get married. [+ to infinitive] She says she was fated to become a writer.Fate and destinyInevitable
(Definition of fated adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- all roads lead to Rome idiom
- automatic adjective (CERTAIN)
- automatically adverb (CERTAINLY)
- be (only) a matter of time idiom
- be damned if you do and damned if you don't idiom
- be nothing for it idiom
- be part and parcel of sth idiom
- doom noun
- doom verb
- fate noun
- help verb (STOP YOURSELF)
- implacable adjective
- inalienable adjective
- inexorable adjective
- it can't be helped idiom
- relentless adjective
- remorseless adjective
- seal sb's fate idiom
- unavoidable adjective
- unstoppable adjective
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