Word Meaning

fated definition and meaning

n. A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence is determined and conditioned.
n. Appointed lot; allotted life; arranged or predetermined event; destiny; especially, the final lot; doom; ruin; death.
n. The element of chance in the affairs of life; the unforeseen and unestimated conitions considered as a force shaping events; fortune; esp., opposing circumstances against which it is useless to struggle; as, fate was, or the fates were, against him.
n. The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies, or Parcaewho were supposed to determine the course of human life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff, a second as spinning, and the third as cutting off the thread.
p. p. & a. Decreed by fate; destined; doomed; as, he was fated to rule a factious people.
p. p. & a. Invested with the power of determining destiny.
p. p. & a. Exempted by fate.

Crossword clues for fated

- Appointed lot
- Destiny
- Doom
- Karma
- power or influence that predetermines events
- Condemned
- Destined
- Destined to be honoured in speech
- Destined to change date after forum opens
- Doomed
- inescapable
- Meant to be
- Unavoidable