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THE DIE IS CAST

Definition: THE DIE IS CAST

THE DIE IS CAST

1. The hazard must be run; the step is taken, and it is too late to draw back; the last chance is taken.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Synonyms within Context: THE DIE IS CAST

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Certainty	Phrase: cela va sans dire; there is -no question, - not a shadow of doubt; the die is cast; (necessity); " facts are stubborn things ".
Necessity	Phrase: it cannot be helped; there is no help for, there is no helping it; it will be, it must be, it needs to be, it must be so, it will have its way; the die is cast; jacta est alea; che sara sara; "it is written"; one's days are numbered, one's fate is sealed; Fata obstant; diis aliter visum; actum me invito factus, non est meus actus; aujord'hui roi demain rien; quisque suos patimur manes;"The moving finger writes and having writ moves on. Nor all your piety and wit can bring it back to cancel half a line, nor all your tears wash out a word of it.".
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Familiar Quotations: THE DIE IS CAST

Author	Quotation
Julius Caesar	The die is cast.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Modern Translation: THE DIE IS CAST

Language		Translations for "THE DIE IS CAST"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Czech		kostky jsou vrženy. (various references)

Finnish		arpa on heitetty. (various references)

Greek		ο κύβος ερρίφθη. (various references)

Hungarian		a kocka el van vetve. (various references)

Pig Latin		ethay ieday isay astcay

Romanian		zarul e aruncat. (various references)

Swedish		tärningen är kastad. (various references)

Turkish		zarlar atıldı, ok yaydan çıktı, iş işten geçti. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: THE DIE IS CAST

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-h-i-i-s-s-t-t"
	-2 letters: aesthetics, chastities.
	-3 letters: aesthetic, atheistic, chastised, chestiest, diatheses, diathesis, diathetic, dietetics, ditheists, edacities, esthetics, ethicists, hesitated, hesitates, satieties, stateside, steadiest, tachistes, testacies.
	-4 letters: atheists, casettes, cassette, chastest, chastise, chedites, chitties, dashiest, dehisces, detaches, dictates, dictiest, dietetic, dishiest, distaste, distichs, ditheist, ditsiest, escheats, esthesia, esthetic, ethicist, hastiest, headiest, headsets, hesitate, itchiest, sacheted, sadistic, sedatest.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-e-h-i-i-s-s-t-t"
	+5 letters: oversophisticated.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Quotations: Familiar
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams

5. Bibliography

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