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adjective

Definition of foreordainednext
as in preordained

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verb

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

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Recent Examples of foreordained
Adjective
What unfolds next is both foreordained and unpredictable: a performance superficially the same as any other rendition of the same score, but also profoundly different — wondrous, perhaps, or merely rote. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024 The film is a tragedy in which everything comes out right: Coppola builds his protagonist’s absurd overreach into a foreordained happy ending, and the movie itself is a happy outcome from the very start. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2024 Her foray into television, which started in 2017, was not exactly foreordained. — Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 14 May 2024 And that success is far from foreordained. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 4 Aug. 2022 For all the talk of Senate traditions, the outcome seems pretty foreordained if the Democrats win a majority and the intractable McConnell continues as GOP leader. — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2020 Yet even now, Deng’s warning holds: an Asian century is neither inevitable nor foreordained. — Lee Hsien Loong, Foreign Affairs, 4 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreordained
  1. predestined
  2. destined
  3. predetermined
  4. doomed
  5. ordained
Adjective
  • In retrospect, Sumner seemed predestined to become a famous abolitionist lawyer.
    — Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
  • Christo and Jeanne-Claude disregarded all threats of legal action, directing Running Fence to complete its predestined voyage into the sea.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Definition of predestined
Verb
  • Is the Moon destined to become an interstellar gas station, a resource to be mined and sold?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • Dealmakers, as is their wont, view Letterboxd as an operation destined to be plugged into a corporate structure, either as a film marketing apparatus or a data trove to power streaming.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 July 2026
Definition of destined
Adjective
  • Identity, purpose and engagement don’t disappear at a predetermined age.
    — Meredith Moore, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • On Thursday morning, one of the two landlord representatives, Christina Smyth, resigned, ripping the rent freeze as a predetermined conclusion the board had worked to justify.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 25 June 2026
Definition of predetermined
Verb
  • Impeachments are doomed to fail anyway, because unless the Democrats win 67 Senate seats, there will be no convictions.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • Sleeping separately doesn’t mean your relationship is doomed.
    — Cheyenne Buckingham, Washington Post, 7 July 2026
Definition of doomed
Verb
  • The ceremony was officiated by actor Adam Sandler, who is legally ordained.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • The Vatican said on July 2 that priests and lay Catholics who are part of a breakaway right-wing Catholic group that ordained bishops without Pope Leo's approval were in schism with the wider Church and now excommunicated.
    — Joshua McElwee, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Definition of ordained

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