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Fates

/feɪts/

Fatesnoun

Definitions

The power or agency that predetermines and orders the course of events.

Many people believe that the fates have a hand in shaping their lives.

Destinies or outcomes that are regarded as predetermined and inevitable.

The fates of the characters in the novel were sealed from the beginning.

Fatesproper noun

/feɪts/

Proper noun referring to the triad of goddesses in classical mythology.

Definitions

In Greek and Roman mythology, the three goddesses (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos) who govern the destiny of gods and mortals.

Legend tells that the Fates measure and cut the thread of every human life.

Synonyms

the Furies

the Norns

the Moirai