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1. (adj.) fateful
having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous:
a fateful meeting.
2. fateful
fatal, deadly, or disastrous.
3. fateful
controlled or determined by destiny; inexorable.
4. fateful
prophetic; ominous.
Etymology: (1705–15)
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| Definition of 'fateful' |
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1. (adj) fateful, fatal
having momentous consequences; of decisive importance
"that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev; "the fatal day of the election finally arrived"
2. (adj) fateful, foreboding(a), portentous
ominously prophetic
3. (adj) black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
"the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error"
4. (adj) fatal, fateful
controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined
"a fatal series of events"
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1. (adjective) fateful
affecting the future in an important, often bad, way
that fateful day when he signed up to fight in the war
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1. fateful
having the power of serving or accomplishing fate
2. fateful
significant of fate; ominous
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Sense: involving important decisions, results etc
At last the fateful day arrived.
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 Afrikaans: noodlottig, beslissend |
 Arabic: حاسِم، مَصيري |
 Bulgarian: съдбовен |
 Brazilian: fatal |
 Czech: osudný |
 German: verhängnisvoll |
 Danish: skæbnesvanger |
 Greek: κρίσιμος, μοιραίος |
 Spanish: fatídico |
 Estonian: saatuslik |
 Farsi: سرنوشت ساز |
 Finnish: kohtalokas |
 French: fatidique |
 Hebrew: גוֹרָלִי |
 Hindi: भाग्य निर्णाय, महत्वपूर्ण |
 Croatian: sudbonosan, (zlo)koban |
 Hungarian: végzetes |
 Indonesian: menentukan |
 Icelandic: örlagaríkur, afdrifaríkur |
 Italian: fatidico |
 Japanese: 運命を決する |
 Korean: 결정적으로 중요한 |
 Lithuanian: lemtingas |
 Latvian: liktenīgs; izšķirošs |
 Malay: penentuan |
 Dutch: gewichtig |
 Norwegian: skjebnesvanger, avgjørend |
 Polish: rozstrzygający, decydując |
 Persian: سرنوشت ساز |
 Pashto: ويرجن، بدمرغه |
 Portuguese: fatal |
 Romanian: fatidic |
 Russian: судьбоносный |
 Slovak: osudný |
 Slovenian: usoden |
 Serbian: sudbonosan |
 Swedish: ödesdiger, avgörande |
 Thai: สำคัญ |
 Turkish: geleceği belirleyecek |
 Taiwanese: 決定性的 |
 Ukrainian: вирішальний, доленосний |
 Urdu: اہم نتیجے یا فیصلے سے متع |
 Vietnamese: quan trọng và có tính chấ |
 Chinese: 决定性的 |
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