FOREORDAINED Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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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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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

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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

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As things stand, the imperial family will continue as long as 19-year-old prince Hisahito, destined for the throne, one day has a son.

— Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 26 Aug. 2026
Stage six’s partly-gravel climb up the Puerto El Bartalo will surely be too tough for him, but Saturday’s flat finish in Xeraco already seems destined to end in a Brennan victory.

— Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of destined

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Kelly finds the public’s current craving for unique genre storytelling encouraging, but feels that like most trends, it may be doomed to impermanence.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
As a result, the Swift observatory is doomed to burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere later this year.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 26 Aug. 2026

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