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Definition of fateful adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fateful

adjective
 
/ˈfeɪtfl/
 
/ˈfeɪtfl/
[usually before noun]
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  1. having an important, often very bad, effect on future events
    • She looked back now to that fateful day in December.
    • his final fateful journey to Moscow
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryFateful is used with these nouns:
    • day
    • decision
    • encounter
    See full entry
See fateful in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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