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View usage for: (priːɔːʳdeɪnd) adjectiveIf you say that something is preordained, you mean you believe it to be happening in the way that has been decided by a power such as God or fate. [formal] ...the belief that our actions are the unfolding of a preordained destiny. Synonyms: predetermined, fated, doomed, destined More Synonyms of preordained preordained in British English (ˌpriːɔːˈdeɪnd) adjectivedestined to happen the belief that our actions are the unfolding of a preordained destiny Examples of 'preordained' in a sentencepreordained His mouth was dry with apprehension, even though the choice was preordained.It had been one of Fletcher's last acts to choose her to go to the Mission; he'd even indicated that it had somehow been preordained. Definition decreed or determined in advance the belief that our actions are governed by a preordained destiny Additional synonymsDefinition certain to be or do something He feels that he was destined to become a musician. Synonyms fated, meant, intended, designed, certain, bound, doomed, ordained, predestined, foreordained The attempt was doomed from the start. Synonyms hopeless, condemned, ill-fated, fated, unhappy, unfortunate, cursed, unlucky, blighted, hapless, bedevilled, luckless, ill-starred, star-crossed, ill-omened Definition certain to be or do something I was fated never to get there. Synonyms destined, doomed, predestined, preordained, foreordained, pre-elected Nearby words ofpreordained - preoccupation
- preoccupied
- preoccupy
- preordained
- preparation
- preparatory
- preparatory to
Additional synonymsDefinition determined in advance by God His career was not predestined from birth. Synonyms fated, predetermined, preordained, meant, doomed, foreordained, pre-elected, predestinated |