Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈfeɪtɪd/
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[ˈfeɪ̯ɾɨd]
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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ˈfeɪtɪd
Adjective
Foreordained, predetermined, established in advance by fate.
Usage- not-comparable
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This scheme was fated to be forgotten, at any rate in the form of the 1820 proposal.
More examples (1)
Kristi Noem[…] may have committed a class two misdemeanor offence when her fated dog Cricket, a 14-month-old wirehair pointer Noem deemed “untrainable” for hunting pheasant, killed a neighbor’s chickens.
Adjective
(usually followed by ‘to’) determined by tragic fate
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doomed to unhappiness
fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination