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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fateful

/ˈfeɪtfəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables
fate-ful
IPA
/ˈfeɪtfəl/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.

adj

Determined in advance by fate, fated.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From fate + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more fateful (comparative) most fateful (superlative)

Derived Forms

fatefully fatefulness unfateful

Synonyms

consequential necessary big central critical crucial epochful essential extraordinary fateful fatefraught fatesome

Rhymes With

grateful hateful ungrateful

Questions

How do you pronounce fateful?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfeɪtfəl/.
What does fateful mean?
Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.
Where does fateful come from?
From fate + -ful.

How to pronounce fateful

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