foredoom

verb

(ˌ)fȯr-ˈdüm How to pronounce foredoom (audio)
Definition of foredoomnext
as in to doom
to determine the fate of in advance since the dawn of the ages he was foredoomed to become king one day

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  1. doom
  2. destine
  3. fate
  4. ordain
Verb
  • In some cases, House Democrats are campaigning on the bill that’s doomed in its current form, presenting a further contrast to the vast majority of Senate Democrats who want nothing to do with it.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • This being England, their love is doomed by the gulf of the social divide.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of doom
Verb
  • Some survive because treatment works, not because the cancer was detected earlier; others survive because they were overdiagnosed (diagnosed with a cancer not destined to cause symptoms or death).
    — H. Gilbert Welch, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026
  • If not, they are destined to bow out much earlier than anyone wants.
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of destine
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  • City leaders never expected Sunrise Mall was fated for a sports complex, but that ethos — of being flexible and pitching the city to fill gaps in the market — will help bring in new businesses, Middleton said.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • His path toward becoming a designer was weird, but probably fated if what happened next was any indication.
    — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of fate
Verb
  • Miss Clearman seemed to cast some kind of spell with her pronouncement, ordain the certainty of that future August afternoon.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Sheen was born May 8, 1895, in El Paso, Illinois, and was ordained a priest in 1919.
    — Aleja Hertzler-McCain, NPR, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of ordain
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