fate

• Substantivo que designa a força ou o agente que determina de antemão os acontecimentos, ou o desfecho inevitável da vida ou de uma situação.

A noun referring to a power or force that predetermines events, or the inevitable outcome of a person's life or situation.

1. Predetermined destinyB2formal

   The development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power.

   Destino

   • He believed it was his fate to become a leader.
   • She accepted her fate with grace and courage.
   • The ancient Greeks often wrote about fate and destiny.

   Sinônimosdestinydoomfortunekismetlotportionpredestinationprovidencewyrd

   Antônimosagencyautonomychoicefree will

2. B2formal

   The final outcome or end result of a situation or series of events.

   Destino

   • The fate of the missing hikers remains unknown.
   • The company's fate was decided by the board of directors.
   • The fate of the project depends on the funding.

   Sinônimosconsequencedenouementendissueoutcomeresultupshot

• Verbo usado para indicar que algo foi determinado pelo destino, geralmente em sentido literário ou passivo; também pode significar condenar ou destinar alguém a um fim específico.

A verb used to indicate the act of being destined or predetermined by fate, often in a passive or literary sense.

1. Destine or predetermineB2formal

   To be destined or predetermined to happen, often in a negative or unavoidable way.

   Predestinar

   • The hero was fated to die in the final battle.
   • Their love was fated to end in tragedy.
   • The project was fated from the start due to lack of funding.

   Sinônimosdecreedestinedoomforeordainordainpredestinepredeterminepreordain