fated

27 5.3

Certain to happen and not able to be changed

adjective
/ˈfeɪtɪd/

: destinado

I know it's stupid, but I think we're fated for each other.
an ill-fated expedition
a fated attempt
a fated expedition

So on the one hand, you know, maybe I was fated to become a scientist.

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Examples

So on the one hand, you know, maybe I was fated to become a scientist.

Rich Roll
Yet even now we are fated.

Nosferatu (2024)
Maybe I'm just... fated to be single.

Love in Winterland (2020)
It was not a life I was fated to have, but it taught me something.

Warcraft (2016)
Yes, it's clear to me that in this cruel and obstinate struggle with Satan, I'm fated to emerge victorious.

Anna (2019)
Everywhere he goes, he is greeted by crowds, embraced by dignitaries and fated as a conquering hero.
She felt that she was fated to achieve great things in her career.
After many obstacles, he was fated to finally find happiness.
The two characters were fated to meet in the story, leading to an unexpected adventure.

Synonyms

meant to be

vsfated

246 3.7

Planned or seen as certain to happen

is firmer certainty often presented as unavoidable rather than mere expectation

bound

vsfated

69 4.2

Certain to happen or be true

is similar but more neutral about manner of being set or planned

destined

vsfated

6 4.1

Sure to happen or meant to be sent to a certain place

is expressed as certainty that may not imply divine or fixed prior planning

foreordained

vsfated

Formal

1 9.9

Decided before it happens and cannot be changed, often because of fate or a god

is more general certainty not always framed as divine or unalterable

predestined

vsfated

7.7

Fate or a higher power decides a person's life in advance

is used for general certainty rather than strict prior arrangement

Antonyms

accidental

118 3.0

Happening by chance and not planned

How Destined

predestined

7.7

inevitable

467 4.6

fated

27 5.3

destined

6 4.1

Surface Forms

fated positive

Morphology

fated = fate (transparent) = fate + ed

Standard adjectival formation from the noun 'fate' with '-ed', yielding the predictable meaning 'destined'.

Etymology

The word fated comes from fate, which comes from an old Latin verb fari meaning 'to speak', because people once thought the future was 'spoken' by the gods. So, if something is fated, it is seen as already decided and certain to happen.