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fateful

Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪtfəl/

The English word “fateful” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.
  2. Determined in advance by fate, fated.

Etymology

From fate + -ful.

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