Definition of fates Fates
/fejËts/ - [feyts] - Fates
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Wiktionary 
- fates (Noun)
Plural of fate.
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| fate - an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future | ||
| destiny | ||
| happening, natural event, occurrent, occurrence an event that happens | ||
| inevitable an unavoidable event; "don't argue with the inevitable" | ||
| karma (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation | ||
| kismat, kismet (Islam) the will of Allah | ||
| predestination (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) | ||
| fate - your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion" | ||
| fortune, destiny, luck, lot, circumstances, portion | ||
| condition the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition | ||
| luckiness, good fortune, good luck an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes | ||
| providence the guardianship and control exercised by a deity; "divine providence" | ||
| ill luck, tough luck, misfortune, bad luck unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event | ||
| fate - the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of destiny" | ||
| destiny | ||
| causal agency, causal agent, cause any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | ||
| supernatural, occult supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; "She doesn't believe in the supernatural" | ||
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| fate - decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" | ||
| destine, doom, designate | ||
| ordain issue an order | ||
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Wiktionary
- fate (Noun)
The cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events. - fate (Noun)
The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause. - fate (Noun)
Destiny perhaps connotes death, ruin, misfortune, etc.. - fate (Noun)
The three goddesses The Fates of classic European mythology who are said to control the fate of human beings. - fate (Verb)
To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary đ
- fate (n.)
A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence is determined and conditioned. - fate (n.)
Appointed lot; allotted life; arranged or predetermined event; destiny; especially, the final lot; doom; ruin; death. - fate (n.)
The element of chance in the affairs of life; the unforeseen and unestimated conitions considered as a force shaping events; fortune; esp., opposing circumstances against which it is useless to struggle; as, fate was, or the fates were, against him. - fate (n.)
The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies, or Parcaewho were supposed to determine the course of human life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff, a second as spinning, and the third as cutting off the thread.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ί
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fate
The power or agency that, according to certain belief systems, predetermines and orders unalterably the course of events. -
fate
Event that unavoidably happens to a person, country, institution, etc. -
fate
An outcome, condition or event that is predetermined by fate [the power that predetermines events]. -
fate
To make inevitable. -
fate
One of the three goddesses (The Fates) of classic European mythology who are said to control the fate of human beings. -
fate
A personification of fate [the power or agency that predetermines events].
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary đ
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fÄt, n. inevitable destiny or necessity: appointed lot: ill-fortune: doom: final issue: (pl.) the three goddesses of fate, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, who determined the birth, life, and death of menâthe Fatal Sisters.âadj. FÄtâ˛al, belonging to or appointed by fate: causing ruin or death: mortal: calamitous.âns. FÄtâ˛alism, the doctrine that all events are subject to fate, and happen by unavoidable necessity; FÄtâ˛alist, one who believes in fatalism.âadj. FÄtâ˛alistic, belonging to or partaking of fatalism.ân. Fatalâ˛ity, the state of being fatal or unavoidable: the decree of fate: fixed tendency to disaster or death: mortality: a fatal occurrence.âadv. FÄtâ˛ally.âadjs. FÄtâ˛ed, doomed: destined: (Shak.) invested with the power of destiny: (Dryden) enchanted; Fateâ˛ful, charged with fate.âadv. Fateâ˛fully.ân. Fateâ˛fulness. [L. fatum, a predictionâfatus, spokenâfÄri, to speak.]
Wikipedia 
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Fate or destiny is the idea that the future is already planned even if people do not know what their fate is (what is going to happen to them). Humans in nearly all cultures have had ideas about their fate being âpredeterminedâ (fixed in advance).
People who live unhappy lives may believe that their misery is because of their fate and that they can do nothing about it. This is called being âfatalisticâ. Other people may believe that they can control their fate by being brave and trying to âovercomeâ fate by improving themselves and their lives.
In Greek mythology there were three Fates. They were three goddesses who determined when every person was going to be born, how they would live and when and how they would die. Human beings in many cultures had lots of ways in which they would try to âreadâ their fate (know what would happen to them). Sometimes they would try to read their fate in the stars (this is called astrology). In other cultures they might ask a person with powers of magic like a shaman. The Ancient Greeks often went to Delphi to ask the oracle.
There are lots of references to fate in literature from almost every country and period, from Greek tragedy (e.g. Oedipus Rex) to Shakespeare (e.g. Macbeth) and Russian literature.
Composers may express fate in music. Beethoven was thinking about Fate when he wrote his Fifth Symphony, and Tchaikovsky when he wrote his Sixth Symphony just before he committed suicide. -
opera
"Fate" (in Czech: "Osud"), is an opera by the Czech composer LeoĹĄ JanĂĄÄek.
JanĂĄÄek wrote this opera between 1903 and 1905. His daughter Olga had died shortly before he began to compose it. He had also just finished his opera "JenĹŻfa" which has a tragic ending for the young girl in the story.
The young lady who wrote the libretto (words) for JanĂĄÄek had been one of his daughterâs close friends. She wrote using the name TĂĄlskĂĄ. JanĂĄÄek thought the opera had autobiographical ideas. He also wanted a change from writing about simple, country people as he had done in "JenĹŻfa", so the people in the story of "Fate" belong to the upper classes, the rich people of society.
The story of the opera is quite strange and unbelievable. It has often been criticized for not being logical. The story consists of lots of little scenes which make the story jump about. The language of the libretto is very deliberately old-fashioned. Czech people who have worked with this opera have often felt that this formal language has made it hard for audiences to understand. Some people have felt that when the opera is sung in other languages it is sometimes better because the language sounds more real.
Nevertheless, although the opera has had these criticisms, the music is some of the best music that JanĂĄÄek wrote.
Story of the opera.
The story takes place at the beginning of the 20th century, which was the time in which JanĂĄÄek was composing it.
In Act I Gentlemen, students and young girls are walking about
