fate

Universal Words noun 1 [C] the things, especially bad things, that will happen or have happened to sb/sth: The fate of the three men is unknown. * She sat outside, waiting to find out her fate. * The court will decide our fate / fates. * Each of the managers suffered the same fate. * The government had abandoned the refugees to their fate. * From that moment our fate was sealed (= our future was decided). 2 [U] the power that is believed to control everything that happens and that cannot be stopped or changed: Fate was kind to me that day. * By a strange twist of fate, Andy and I were on the same plane. IDIOMS a fate worse than death (often humorous) a terrible thing that could happen: At the last minute the hero saves her from a fate worse than death. moreatTEMPT