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adjective
- 1. having far-reaching and often disastrous consequences or implications: "a fateful oversight" Similar Opposite
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FATEFUL definition: 1. having an important and usually negative effect on the future: 2. having an important and…. Learn more.
The meaning of FATEFUL is having a quality of ominous prophecy. How to use fateful in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Fateful.
If an action or a time when something happened is described as fateful, it is considered to have an important, and often very bad, effect on future events. It was a fateful decision, one which was to break the Government.
1. Vitally affecting subsequent events; being of great consequence; momentous: a fateful decision to counterattack. 2. Controlled by or as if by fate; predetermined. 3. Bringing death or disaster; fatal. 4. Ominously prophetic; portentous: a fateful sign. fate′ful·ly adv. fate′ful·ness n.
FATEFUL meaning: 1. having an important and usually negative effect on the future: 2. having an important and…. Learn more.
Fateful definition: having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous. See examples of FATEFUL used in a sentence.
fateful. /ˈfeɪtfəl/ IPA guide. A fateful moment is one that seems impossible to avoid. And when a fateful event occurs, it feels like it will have a big impact on your future — and usually not in a good way. “I can fit my head into this jar!” — fateful words that resulted in a trip to the hospital. Most of the time, fateful spells disaster.
Definition of fateful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Fateful definition: Vitally affecting subsequent events; being of great consequence; momentous.
FATEFUL definition: A fateful event has an important and usually bad effect on the future: . Learn more.
