FATES Synonyms: 144 Similar and Opposite Words

fates 1 of 2

noun

plural of fate

as in destinies

a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand the belief that it was this country's fate to extend from sea to sea

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as in outcomes

a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause the fate of the presidential election hinged on a few thousand votes in a single state

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as in deaths

the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities he met his fate in a tragic highway accident

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fates

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verb

present tense third-person singular of fate

as in destines

to determine the fate of in advance the warning that the lack of an advanced education will fate a person to a lifetime of below-average earnings

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Noun

Now they're also being used to try to bring about outcomes no jurist can hand down in judgment.

Felix Salmon, Axios, 4 Jan. 2025
But rigidly focusing on outcomes can lead to all-or-nothing thinking — a distorted mindset in which falling short feels like failure.

Chamin Ajjan, Contributor, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025

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