Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Vitally affecting subsequent events; being of great consequence; momentous.
- adjective Controlled by or as if by fate; predetermined.
- adjective Bringing death or disaster; fatal.
- adjective Ominously prophetic; portentous.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Charged with fate; determining what is to happen: as, he opened the fateful missive; a fateful contest.
- Having the power to kill; producing fatal results: as, “the fateful steel,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate.
- adjective Significant of fate; ominous.
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- adjective
Momentous ,significant , setting or sealing onesfate . - adjective Determined in advance by fate,
fated .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- adjective controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined
- adjective having momentous consequences; of decisive importance
- adjective ominously prophetic
Etymologies
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Examples
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I also uploaded the userpic I've used here as one of my photos - as it is obviously my smouldering wicked temptress photo. * chortle chortle* Actually, that stare is something James should be familiar with, as I think I used it quite a bit during a certain fateful night in Klute.
*falls about laughing* kisobel 2004
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Do you still recall the fateful night we crossed the Rio Grande?
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Dad recalled the fateful day he lost his son to CNN ` s Larry King.
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Those same names appeared again and again in the records, eventually acquiring a surname that recalled the fateful moment of their resurrection.
On The Trail Of NT Wrong, Part 7 James F. McGrath 2008
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All-American called a fateful timeout his team did not have.
USATODAY.com - Greatest 63 games in NCAA Tournament history 2002
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There is no need to labour this point further than to recall the fateful bisection of the culture of the European peninsula which resulted from the linguistic alienation of Constantinople from Rome; of the Mediterranean base which understood Latin, from that which thought in Greek.
The Unity of Civilization Various
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In recalling the fateful hours of those two wonderful days and nights,
1914 John Denton Pinkstone French 1888
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When she became a mother, she forgot in her joy that the life of her little one did not belong to her; nor did she recall her fateful vow until one bright spring day, when the clouds gathered and she heard the roll of the thunder, -- a sound which summoned all persons consecrated to this god to bring their offerings and to pay their vows.
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But the coming of thrice their number could not recover what was lost, or recall the fateful past.
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I still recall the fateful day when my mother said to me
Thestar.com - Home Page Richard Ouzounian 2011
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