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adjective

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as in preordained

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verb

past tense of foreordain
as in destined
to determine the fate of in advance we are such good friends, it's almost like we were foreordained to meet

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Recent Examples of foreordained
Adjective
Her foray into television, which started in 2017, was not exactly foreordained. — Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 14 May 2024 With all of those movements, when the central issue was really crystallized as a choice between what is clearly right and just, and what is clearly unjust and wrong and deadly and dangerous, then the outcome becomes foreordained. — Cara Buckley, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024 As Robinson notes, the story had to go this way because Jacob has a foreordained task in becoming one of the patriarchs of Israel. — James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024 For all the talk of Senate traditions, the outcome seems pretty foreordained if the Democrats win a majority and the intractable McConnell continues as GOP leader. — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreordained
  1. predestined
  2. destined
  3. predetermined
  4. doomed
  5. ordained
Adjective
  • In retrospect, Sumner seemed predestined to become a famous abolitionist lawyer.
    — Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
  • Christo and Jeanne-Claude disregarded all threats of legal action, directing Running Fence to complete its predestined voyage into the sea.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Definition of predestined
Verb
  • Over the coming months, avionics, scientific instruments and thermal insulation will gradually transform the frame into the flying science laboratory destined for the outer solar system.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Florian Maurice, the former Rennes technical director, is telling a story about Jeremy Jacquet and how the Frenchman was destined for the top.
    — Gregg Evans, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of destined
Adjective
  • The attacker is no longer simply automating a predetermined sequence of steps.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Nakogee recalls cutting predetermined lengths of cable, then repackaging it onto spools to load onto cargo aircraft.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026
Definition of predetermined
Verb
  • Eventually, markets will ignore intervention, which is doomed to fail and merely creates the illusion of stability, Brooks has said.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Right before that vote, DeCiccio stressed Merrywood was doomed despite the community wanting to save it because no one had come forward to buy and preserve it.
    — Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of doomed
Verb
  • So what if the credulous smallfolk now believe that the Usurper’s rule is ordained by the Gods?
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The program was slowly implemented, and the first native African ministers ordained in Kenya, Ishmael Semler and William Jones, were ordained in 1885.
    — Stephanie TriplettAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of ordained

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