to preordain
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- verb
- /ˌpriːɔːrˈdeɪn/
- Your case was preordained.
- preordained outcome
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Watch on YouTubeThey don't preordain or determine you to be depressed.
- They don't preordain or determine you to be depressed.
- There is nothing in this process which is, so far as we know, preordained.
- I think that we like to think that code is something almost clinical, but it's preordained.
- As opposed to let's have this happen, let's have this happen, let's have this happen, and we'll just make sure that they do these things that I've, you know, preordained.
Examples
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I mean, if every move we make is preordained, then what is the point of that?
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Why did I have to go through this ordeal if this was all preordained?
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- This was all preordained thousands of years ago.
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"God has preordained a system of good and evil. "
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I believe our future is not preordained and that we have free will.
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Do you think that somehow this is preordained?
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They say we come into this world with a preordained destiny.
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The very fact that you're sitting here with us proves that it was preordained.
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Everything is preordained.
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Many believe that our lives are preordained by a higher power.
Synonyms
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Decide or make a result likely before it happens
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Decide and set something before it is needed
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To decide in advance, often by fate or God's will
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To plan something ahead of time
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Choose something in advance
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To decide what to do before something happens
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Decide before it happens, often by a higher power
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Decide or say something before an event starts
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Decide in advance that something will happen, often by fate or God
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Plan something together in advance
To choose something in advance for a certain use, like seats or funds
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Etymology
The word preordain combines pre- meaning 'before' and ordain meaning 'to order', the same root as order. So, to preordain something is to 'decide before', often used when people think fate or a higher power has already set the outcome.