Definition of "fated" []

• Governed by fate; predetermined. (adjective)
• Condemned to death or destruction; doomed: the fated city of Troy. (adjective)

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• "Yet, it appears our paths are once again fated not to cross."
• "I'll admit, I used to read some fated to be mated stories, and I liked them at the time, but I'm not sure if I was ever really sold on the idea of fated mates even then."
• "He proceeded to walk up the glen, resolving that their place of combat should be in the entrance of the Corri-nan-shian; both because the spot, lying under the reputation of being haunted, was very little frequented, and also because he regarded it as a place which to him might be termed fated, and which he therefore resolved should witness his death or victory."