Definitions for fateful
ˈfeɪt fəlfate·ful

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fateful, fataladjective

   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. fateful, foreboding(a), portentousadjective

   ominously prophetic

3. black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fatefuladjective

   (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. fatal, fatefuladjective

   controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined

   "a fatal series of events"

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1. fatefuladjective

   Momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate.

   It started with that fateful trip, history was never the same afterwards.

2. fatefuladjective

   Determined in advance by fate, fated.

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1. fateful

   Fateful is an adjective that describes something which has a significant, often negative or disastrous, impact or influence on future events. It suggests that something is determined by fate or is decisive for the course of future events and developments.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fateful

   having the power of serving or accomplishing fate

2. Fateful

   significant of fate; ominous

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1. Fateful

   Fate vs. Fateful -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Fate and Fateful.

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How to pronounce fateful?

1. Alex

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How to say fateful in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fateful in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fateful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of fateful in a Sentence

1. Ben Carson:

   Without anywhere, anytime surprise inspections, a full accounting of Iran's past secret nuclear arms pursuits, elimination of Iran's uranium stockpiles and the lifting of any sanctions only upon verification of Iranian compliance (means) this is not a good deal, but a recipe for disaster and the first fateful step toward a frenzied nuclear arms race in the Middle East.

2. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

   I respect the White House and the President of the United States, but on such a fateful matter, that can determine whether or not we survive, I must do everything to prevent such a great danger for Israel.

3. The Israeli prime minister:

   I’m going to Washington on a fateful, even historic, mission, i feel that I am an emissary of all Israel's citizens, even those who do not agree with me, and of the entire Jewish people.

4. Benny Gantz:

   These are fateful times both for Israel's borders and character, as well as its democratic fabric, the peace plan devised by President Trump will go down in history as a meaningful landmark mapping the way for the different players in the Middle East to finally move forward towards an historical and regional agreement.

5. New York:

   She doesn't look evil but her actions created evil. She has to answer for what she’s done, she has to pay for the consequences of those fateful words, those evil actions that caused a police officer’s family and the public. She knows she did it because she confessed to it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fateful
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fateful
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fateful
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=fateful