fateful

CEFRC1

/ˈfeɪtfəl/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Having an important and often bad effect on future events.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Determined in advance by fate, fated.

Examples

  • Under Bouteflika, Algeria made many fateful economic errors.

  • Yanni made a fateful decision.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.

More examples

In context

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

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

From fate + -ful.