fateful

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English

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Etymology

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From fate +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfeɪtfəl/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪtfəl

Adjective

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fateful (comparative more fateful, superlative most fateful)

  1. Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.
    It started with that fateful trip, history was never the same afterwards.
  2. Determined in advance by fate, fated.

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