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Definition: The Fates |
The FatesNoun1. A group of 3 goddesses of destiny. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: The FatesSynonym: Fates (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: The Fates |
| English words defined with "the Fates": Day of Judgement, Day of Judgment, Doomsday ♦ Judgement Day, Judgment Day ♦ Last Day, Last Judgement, Last Judgment ♦ Norn, Norna ♦ The Destinies, the Three Weird Sisters, the Weird Sisters ♦ Weird sisters. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "the Fates": Bifrost ♦ Doomstead ♦ Fates ♦ Nornir ♦ Real Soon Now ♦ Web of Life. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Fates and Flora Fourflush (1914) As the Fates Decree (1912) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Homer | The fates have given mankind a patient soul. |
Seneca | The fates lead the willing, and drag the unwilling. |
Virgil | Wherever the fates lead us let us follow. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The fates are very cruel to some and too lavish or too careful to others. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Human Rights | Uruguay | By year's end, the Commission had discovered the fates of up to 16 missing Uruguayans; with the families' permission results in 8 cases were released to the press. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
duel of the fates | 32 |
duel of the fates mp3 | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "the Fates"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Arabic | الزرائب. (various references) | ||||||||||
French | les parques. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ethay atesfay ödesgudinnorna (destinies). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | fâta, quas. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-h-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: featest. | |
-2 letters: estate, testae, thefts, thetas. | |
-3 letters: fates, fease, feast, feats, fetas, fetes, haets, hafts, haste, hates, heats, hefts, setae, shaft, sheaf, sheet, state, taste, tates, tease, teats, teeth, testa, teths, theft, these, theta. | |
-4 letters: ates, ease, east, eath, eats, efts, etas, eths, fash, fast, fate, fats, feat, fees, feet, fehs, feta, fete, fets. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-f-h-s-t-t" | |
+2 letters: stepfather. | |
+3 letters: featheriest, softhearted, stepfathers. | |
+4 letters: heterografts. | |
+5 letters: featherstitch, softheartedly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 68 65 46 61 74 65 73 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01000110 01100001 01110100 01100101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T h e   F a t e s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0068 0065 0046 0061 0074 0065 0073 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54747124067867185 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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