fated

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪtɪd/

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  • (General American) IPA^(key): [ˈfeɪ̯ɾɨd]
  • Homophone: faded
• Rhymes: -eɪtɪd

fated (not comparable)

1. Foreordained, predetermined, established in advance by fate.

   Synonyms: fateful, predestined; see also Thesaurus:fated

   • 1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 89:

     This scheme was fated to be forgotten, at any rate in the form of the 1820 proposal.

   • 2024 April 29, Martin Pengelly, Ramon Antonio Vargas, “Kristi Noem’s story of killing her dog points to class two misdemeanor”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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.

• fateful

fated

1. (rare) simple past and past participle of fate

• defat