twist of fate
An unfortunate, often ironic turn of events.
fate
UK /feɪt/ US /feɪt/
noun 5name 2verb 1
Definitions
noun
1
The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
2
The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
3
An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
4
Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.
Accept your fate.
5
Alternative letter-case form of Fate (one of the goddesses said to control the destiny of human beings).
verb
1
To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.
The oracle's prediction fated Oedipus to kill his father; not all his striving could change what would occur.
At the conclusion of this part, Eric, who plays Jesus and is now a soldier, captures Violet in the forest, fating her to a concentration camp.
name
1
Any one of the Fates.
2
A personification of fate (the cause that predetermines events).
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