[{"word":"fates","phonetic":"/feɪts/","phonetics":[{"text":"/feɪts/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Accept your fate."},{"definition":"Alternative letter-case form of Fate (one of the goddesses said to control the destiny of human beings).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["destiny","doom","fortune","kismet","lot","necessity","orlay","predestination","wyrd"],"antonyms":["chance","choice","free will","freedom"]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The oracle's prediction fated Oedipus to kill his father; not all his striving could change what would occur."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fate","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fates"]}]