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fate
English
Etymology
From Latin fata (“prediction”), plural of fatum, from fatus (“spoken”), from for (“to speak”). Displaced native Old English wyrd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fe?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
Noun
fate (countable and uncountable, plural fates)
- The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
- Captain Edward Carlisle […] felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, […]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
- The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
- An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
- Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.
- (mythology) Alternative letter-case form of Fate (one of the goddesses said to control the destiny of human beings).
Synonyms
- destiny
- doom
- fortune
- kismet
- lot
- necessity
- orlay
- predestination
- wyrd
Antonyms
- choice
- free will
- freedom
- chance
Derived terms
- fatal
- fatalism
- fatality
- tempt fate
Related terms
- amor fati (Amor fati)
Translations
See also
- determinism
- indeterminism
Verb
fate (third-person singular simple present fates, present participle fating, simple past and past participle fated)
- (transitive) To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.
- The oracle's prediction fated Oedipus to kill his father; not all his striving could change what would occur.
- 2011, James Al-Shamma, Sarah Ruhl: A Critical Study of the Plays (page 119)
- At the conclusion of this part, Eric, who plays Jesus and is now a soldier, captures Violet in the forest, fating her to a concentration camp.
Usage notes
- In some uses this may imply it causes the inevitable event.
Translations
Anagrams
- EFTA, TAFE, TFAE, feat, feat., feta
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?fa?.t?e], /?fate/
- Hyphenation: fà?te
Verb
fate
- inflection of fare:
- second-person plural indicative present
- second-person plural imperative
Noun
fate f
- plural of fata
Anagrams
- afte
Latin
Participle
f?te
- vocative masculine singular of f?tus
Murui Huitoto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??a.t?]
- Hyphenation: fa?te
Verb
fate
- (transitive) to hit
- (intransitive) to hit
References
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.?[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 130
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
fate (present tense fatar, past tense fata, past participle fata, passive infinitive fatast, present participle fatande, imperative fat)
- Alternative form of fata
Anagrams
- EFTA, efta, feta
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fe?t/
Noun
fate
- feat
Volapük
Noun
fate
- dative singular of fat
Yamdena
Alternative forms
- fat
Etymology
From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.
Numeral
fate
- Alternative form of fat
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portion
English
Etymology
From Middle English porcioun, borrowed from Old French porcion, from Latin portio (“a share, part, portion, relation, proportion”), akin to pars (“part”); see part. Compare proportion.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p????n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p????n/
- (Scotland, Ireland, other varieties without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /?po????n/, /?po????n/, /?po???n/
- Rhymes: -??(?)??n
Noun
portion (plural portions)
- An allocated amount.
- That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
- One's fate; lot.
- Man's portion is to die and rise again.
- The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
- A wife's fortune; a dowry.
- 1613, William Shakespeare, The Two Noble Kinsmen, V. iv. 31:
- Commend me to her, and to piece her portion / Tender her this.
- 1613, William Shakespeare, The Two Noble Kinsmen, V. iv. 31:
Usage notes
Relatively formal, compared to the more informal part or more concrete and casual piece. For example, “part of the money” (both informal) but “portion of the proceeds” (both formal).
Synonyms
- part
- piece
Derived terms
- portionless
- proportion
- underportion
Translations
Verb
portion (third-person singular simple present portions, present participle portioning, simple past and past participle portioned)
- (transitive) To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
- (transitive) To endow with a portion or inheritance.
- 1733, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Bathurst
- Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest.
- 1733, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Bathurst
Translations
Usage notes
- Particularly used as portion out.
- Relatively formal, compared to the more informal divide, divide up, or the casual divvy, divvy up.
Synonyms
- apportion
- divide, divide up
- divvy, divvy up
Derived terms
- portion off
- portion out
Further reading
- portion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- portion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin portionem (accusative singular of portio).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.sj??/
Noun
portion f (plural portions)
- portion
Descendants
- ? Turkish: porsiyon
Further reading
- “portion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- potiron
Interlingua
Noun
portion (plural portiones)
- portion
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
portion c
- serving, an helping of food
Declension
Related terms
- portionera
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