Fateful Meaning

/ˈfeɪtfəl/
C1

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

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adjMomentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.

adjDetermined in advance by fate, fated.

Under Bouteflika, Algeria made many fateful economic errors.
Yanni made a fateful decision.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Their ____ decision to sail despite the storm warnings led to disaster.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
On that ____ day in 1914, the events began that would eventually lead to the start of the Great War.

From fate + -ful.

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CEFR Practice Quiz
Their ____ decision to sail despite the storm warnings led to disaster.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
On that ____ day in 1914, the events began that would eventually lead to the start of the Great War.

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