predestinate

verb

Definition of predestinatenext
as in to ordain

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predestinate
  1. ordain
  2. fate
  3. predetermine
  4. foreordain
  5. predict
  6. predestine
  7. prognosticate
  8. destine
Verb
  • The Vatican said dialogue was offered to the ​group ahead of the schism and that the step of ordaining ​bishops without ⁠church approval was considered so grave that excommunication was automatic.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 5 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 ordain
Verb
  • The series isn't afraid of having tough discussions about humanity and if we're fated to destroy ourselves, no matter how many times someone tries to prevent it by changing the course of history.
    — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 3 July 2026
  • His cultural determinism appears to leave America fated to endlessly repeat an ancient pattern of conflict.
    — James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Definition of fate
Verb
  • One parent shared their experience with this problem at a party, where the kids' food selection was predetermined.
    — DeVonne Goode, Parents, 3 July 2026
  • The path for Andersson isn’t predetermined; there is a range of outcomes for how his next deal could age.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Definition of predetermine
Verb
  • Wagner commented that in opera the orchestra should act as a medium of premonition, indicating what is foreordained but not yet foreseen.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Before anything else is said about Lana Del Rey’s new album, let it be noted that however well the record came out, it was foreordained to come in second among her artistic works of the past year.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023
Definition of foreordain
Verb
  • Susan Del Percio, a New York GOP strategist, predicted the dueling programs would excite the different constituencies of the two leaders.
    — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2026
  • But predicting how things will change decades from now is a more daunting task than embracing a gauzy promise.
    — Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, 3 July 2026
Definition of predict
Verb
  • There are nights in football when the outcome seems predestined.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • Science, of course, struggles to prove whether that’s predestined in their genes, though some studies suggest that some tendency toward hoarding—put another way, collecting to excess—is heritable.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2026
Definition of predestine
Verb
  • Rangers manager Skip Schumaker talked about focusing on the moment with Rocker and not trying to prognosticate the future for the former top pick.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Traders eager to continue prognosticating what will happen in Iran are in luck—Kalshi has a market on who will be Khamenei’s successor.
    — Kate Knibbs, Wired News, 2 Mar. 2026
Definition of prognosticate
Verb
  • With wonder and with great shame the yodel is an orphaned sound, a sound that turns the serenade toward an addressee that is destined to never hear it.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
  • The future king of Britain descends from American patriots who fought against the crown he is destined to inherit, according to a new book tracing Prince William's family tree.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of destine
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“Predestinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predestinate. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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