preordainverb [ T ]
uk/ˌpriː.ɔːˈdeɪn/us/ˌpriː.ɔːrˈdeɪn/formal(especially of a power thought to be greater than ordinary people) to decide or fix what will happen in a way that cannot be changed or controlled:
[ + to infinitive ] Illness and suffering seemed (to be) preordained to be her lot.
His life seems to have followed a preordained path/direction.
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Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purpose idiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim
- aim at sth
- calculate
- chart
- engineer
- I might have known idiom
- in the pipeline idiom
- intend
- intent
- intention
- promise
- scheme
- scientific
- see sth coming idiom
- set sth up
- strategic
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