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New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
fatefulness
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fatefulness — fateful ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having far reaching and typically disastrous consequences. DERIVATIVES fatefully adverb fatefulness noun … English terms dictionary
fatefulness — fəlnə̇s noun ( es) : the quality or state of being fateful unaware of the fatefulness of their meeting until it resulted in both their deaths * * * fateˈfulness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑fate … Useful english dictionary
Fatefulness — Fateful Fate ful, a. . Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate. The fateful steel. J. Barlow. [1913 Webster] 2. Significant of fate; ominous. [1913 Webster] The fateful cawings of the crow. Longfellow. {Fate ful*ly}, adv. {Fate… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fatefulness — See fatefully. * * * … Universalium
fatefulness — noun The quality of being fateful … Wiktionary
fatefulness — n. quality of being controlled by fate; ominousness; quality of being prophetic; great importance … English contemporary dictionary
fatefulness — fate·ful·ness … English syllables
fateful — adjective Date: circa 1720 1. having a quality of ominous prophecy < a fateful remark > 2. a. involving momentous consequences ; decisive < made his fateful decision to declare war W. L. Shirer > b. deadly, catastrophic 3. controlled by fate … New Collegiate Dictionary
fateful — fatefully, adv. fatefulness, n. /fayt feuhl/, adj. 1. having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous: a fateful meeting between the leaders of the two countries. 2. fatal, deadly, or disastrous. 3. controlled or… … Universalium
act of God — Synonyms and related words: certainty, fate, fatefulness, force majeure, indefeasibility, ineluctability, inescapableness, inevasibleness, inevitability, inevitable accident, inevitableness, inexorability, inflexibility, irrevocability, necessity … Moby Thesaurus
