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单词 foreordain
释义

foreordain

verb

fore·​or·​dain ˌfȯr-ȯr-ˈdān How to pronounce foreordain (audio)
foreordained; foreordaining; foreordains

transitive verb

: to dispose or appoint in advance : predestine
foreordination
ˌfȯr-ˌȯr-də-ˈnā-shən How to pronounce foreordain (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • destine
  • doom
  • fate
  • foredoom
  • ordain
  • predestine
  • predetermine
  • preordain
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Example Sentences

we are such good friends, it's almost like we were foreordained to meet
Recent Examples on the Web Pelosi is more than happy for additional evidence to be disclosed and for the Senate to call witnesses, even after the House has impeached and when the resolution of the trial is foreordained. Matthew Continetti, National Review, 17 Jan. 2020 The outcome was not foreordained, for either Bork or Mr. Biden. Alexander Burns, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2019 The 41st president, who couldn’t always get his sentences straight, wasn’t foreordained for history’s hall of fame. Josef Joffe, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2018 Aster piles on the personal confrontations and emotional breakdowns, but compounds them with unnerving new hauntings, all the way up to an ending that feels foreordained, but still shattering. Tasha Robinson, The Verge, 8 June 2018 This is hardly foreordained, especially if the U.S. reasserts itself on the global stage and rallies like-minded nations against the revisionists. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2017 Egypt’s slide back into authoritarianism wasn’t foreordained. Joshua Hammer, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2017 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

foreordain

verb

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • destine
  • preordain
  • doom
  • ordain
  • predestine
  • fate
  • predetermine
  • foredoom
  • predestinate
  • predict
  • condemn
  • sentence
  • prophesy
  • foretell
  • prognosticate
  • foreknow
  • presage
  • divine
  • forecast
  • portend
  • preconceive
  • augur
  • prejudge
  • forebode
  • foresee
  • bode
  • anticipate
  • forbode
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