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English
Etymology
From fate + -ful.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fateful (comparative more fateful, superlative most fateful)
- Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.
- It started with that fateful trip, history was never the same afterwards.
- Determined in advance by fate, fated.
Derived terms
Translations
momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate
determined in advance by fate, fated