preordained

  • 1preordained — UK [ˌpriːɔːrˈdeɪnd] US [ˌpriɔrˈdeɪnd] adjective formal something that is preordained is certain to happen and cannot be changed, especially because it has been decided by God Thesaurus: certain or likely to happensynonym general words meaning to… …

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  • 2preordained — index inevitable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3preordained — adj. preordained that + clause; subj. (it was preordained that they meet/should meet) * * * subj. (it was preordained that they meet/should meet) preordained that + clause …

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  • 4preordained — pre|or|dained [ˌpri:o:ˈdeınd US o:r ] adj formal if something is preordained, it is certain to happen in the future because God or ↑fate has decided it ▪ Is everything we do preordained? …

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  • 5preordained — [[t]pri͟ːɔː(r)de͟ɪnd[/t]] ADJ If 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… …

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  • 6preordained — pre|or|dained [ ,priɔr deınd ] adjective FORMAL something that is preordained is certain to happen and cannot be changed, especially because it has been decided by God ╾ pre|or|di|na|tion [ pri,ɔrdn eıʃn ] noun uncount …

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  • 7preordained — adjective (not before noun) formal if something is preordained, it is certain to happen in the future because God or fate has decided it …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8preordained — UK [ˌpriːɔːrˈdeɪnd] / US [ˌprɪɔrˈdeɪnd] adjective formal something that is preordained is certain to happen and cannot be changed, especially because it has been decided by God Derived word: preordination UK [priːˌɔːrdɪnˈeɪʃ(ə)n] / US… …

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  • 9preordained — adjective determined in advance; predestined …

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  • 10preordained — prɪːɔr deɪnd / ɔː d adj. decreed in advance, predestined; determined beforehand, fixed ahead of time; designated ahead of time, appointed in advancev. predestine, decree in advance; determine beforehand, set in advance; appoint in advance,… …

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