written in the stars

adjective

Destined to happen, fated to happen.

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Meanings

adjectivewritten in the stars (not comparable)
  1. idiomaticnot comparableDestined to happen, fated to happen.

    1948, Tony Martin (performer), Leo Robin (composer), It Was Written in the Stars It was written in the stars That our love would be born It was written in the stars We'd meet early one morn

    2 more examples

    And woman, hold me close to your heart / However distant, don't keep us apart / After all, it is written in the stars

    1981, John Lennon, “Woman”

    In the end it felt as if it was written in the stars. Every 12 years South Africa have an unerring habit of winning World Cups and they have done so again, following up their triumphs of 1995 and 2007 with another prodigious display of power and might.

    2019 November 2, Robert Kitson, “Rugby World Cup: South Africa surge to glory as England fall short”, in The Observer

Translations

Finnish tähtiin kirjoitettu
  • tähtiin kirjoitettudestined to happen
French prédestiné
  • prédestinédestined to happen
Polish zapisany w gwiazdach
  • zapisany w gwiazdachdestined to happen
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APA

written in the stars. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/written%20in%20the%20stars

MLA

“written in the stars.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/written%20in%20the%20stars. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “written in the stars,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/written%20in%20the%20stars.

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