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- The term "fated" implies an event that is certain to happen, often with a negative outcome like doom or death.
- Fated events may seem pre-determined, as if they were bound to occur, highlighting a sense of inevitability.
- An "ill-fated" event or individual is associated with misfortune or an unfortunate destiny.
- "Twist of fate" refers to an unexpected event or change in circumstances, often with significant impact.
- Historical examples like the Titanic's maiden voyage illustrate the concept of being ill-fated due to unforeseen events.
Fated
If something is fated to happen, it is certain to take place, as if it had been written down ahead of time. As often as not, fated means doomed or certain to die.
Ex: I feel certain, I told Mrs. Rittenhouse, that we were fated to meet. This was meant to be. It is as if we had each spent our lives searching for something, and now we had both found it.
Ex: As luck would have it, by a strange coincidence, Mr. Limpet had spent a good portion of the early part of 1945 in the fated city of Nagasaki, Japan, soon to be the target of an atomic bomb.
If you want to be certain that the fate in question is understood to be negative, you could say that someone or something was ill-fated. When someone talks about a twist of fate, they basically mean a fateful, unanticipated event or development.
Ex: My great grandmother very nearly rode on the ill-fated cruise liner Titanic, which sank on its maiden voyage in 1912. It was a simple twist of fate—developing a case of the measles—that prevented her and her parents from boarding on the appointed day.
Ex: Every other mistake made and every error in judgment committed on the ill-fated Titanic's maiden cruise would have been no cause for concern, if not for Captain Smith's insistence on traveling at top speed, during the night, in foggy conditions, through the iceberg infested waters of the North Atlantic.
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