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fateful
What does fateful mean?
fateful (adjective): having momentous consequences; of decisive importance.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce fateful?
/ˈfeɪtfəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does fateful come from?
From fate + -ful.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “fateful” mean?
happening without warning or in a short space of time
Not quite: that's what sudden means.
having momentous consequences; of decisive importance
Right! That's what “fateful” means.
close to the center, located near or closer to center
Not quite: that's what inner means.
having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards
Not quite: that's what decent means.
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