жребий, судьба
1. имя существительное 1) судьба; доля, жребий, фатум Например: blind fate — слепая судьба cruel fate — жестокая судьба inexorable fate — безжалостная судьба to decide / seal somebody's fate — решать чью-либо судьбу to tempt fate — испытывать судьбу to meet one's fate — встретить свою судьбу Fate decreed that we would win the lottery. — Судьба распорядилась так, чтобы мы выиграли в лотерее. Синоним(ы): destiny, fortune, lot, portion, doom 2) бедствие, несчастье Синоним(ы): disaster 3) гибель, кончина, смерть Синоним(ы): death, decease 4) (the Fates) [мифология] Парки, Мойры (три богини в греческой мифологии, предопределяющие ход развития человеческой жизни) 2. глагол [страдательный залог] 1) назначать, предназначать Синоним(ы): destine 2) предопределять Например: It was fated that England should be the theatre of the first of a series of Revolutions. — То, что Англия стала театром первого революционного действа из целой серии подобных событий, было предопределено. Синоним(ы): predetermine, predestine, doom
имя существительное 1) а) общая лексика рок, судьба б) общая лексика участь, жребий, удел в) банковское дело, финансы судьба (отказ от оплаты чека, векселя и т. п. или принятие его к оплате) 2) общая лексика гибель, смерть, кончина
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin fatum, literally, what has been spoken, from neuter of fatus, past participle of fari to speak — more at ban 1. the will or principle or determining cause by which things in general are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do; destiny 2. a. an inevitable and often adverse outcome, condition, or end b. disaster; especially death 3. a. final outcome b. the expected result of normal development Example: prospective fate of embryonic cells c. the circumstances that befall someone or something Example: did not know the fate of her former classmates 4. plural, capitalized the three goddesses who determine the course of human life in classical mythology Synonyms: fate, destiny, lot, portion, doom mean a predetermined state or end. fate implies an inevitable and usually an adverse outcome Example: the fate of the submarine is unknown. destiny implies something foreordained and often suggests a great or noble course or end Example: the country's destiny to be a model of liberty to the world. lot and portion imply a distribution by fate or destiny, lot suggesting blind chance Example: it was her lot to die childless, portion implying the apportioning of good and evil Example: remorse was his daily portion. doom distinctly implies a grim or calamitous fate Example: if the rebellion fails, his doom is certain. II. transitive verb (fated; fating) destine; also doom