predestinates

verb

present tense third-person singular of predestinate
as in predicts

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  1. predicts
  2. forecasts
  3. presages
  4. dooms
  5. prophesies
  6. foretells
  7. ordains
  8. augurs
Verb
  • The history of tech transformation predicts short-term pain (job destruction) and long-term gain (job creation).
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 14 July 2026
  • In operation, the system first predicts future visual states from current observations and language instructions.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
Definition of predicts
Verb
  • The investment firm forecasts 18% growth in China’s industrial robots market this year, and shipment of 50,000 humanoids.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 14 July 2026
  • The National Weather Service forecasts temperatures above 100 degrees on Friday and Saturday, and heat that is set to stay in the high 90s over the coming week.
    — Matan Josephy, Idaho Statesman, 10 July 2026
Definition of forecasts
Verb
  • But a lack of accountability presages failure for California’s big reform.
    — Rachel Canter, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
  • An index of 50 is balanced and presages neither economic expansion nor contraction.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2026
Definition of presages
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  • This dooms the kingdom to the tyrannical rule of the villainous Priscilla (Nikki Glaser), who swoops in and snatches the throne.
    — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 23 June 2026
  • Either way, Clark’s decision to deny reality and embrace his monster is what dooms him.
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Definition of dooms
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  • Thus, Botticelli’s Jesus, who stares at the fruit in deep thought, perhaps prophesies his own death and return, as opposed to the child in the Dreyfus Madonna, who proudly shows the unity of his church to his mother.
    — Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Sugar Mountain Ski Resort hosts an Oktoberfest the weekend of October 11 to 12 this year, and the annual Woolly Warm Festival, which has a caterpillar race that prophesies the length of winter, runs October 18 and 19.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 12 Sep. 2023
Definition of prophesies
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  • Inside a hotel ballroom about three miles north of the ballpark, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and MLBPA interim director Bruce Meyer offered conflicting visions for the future of the sport, a disagreement that foretells a labor stoppage this winter.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 15 July 2026
  • Each label contains its own taxonomies of taste and cultural prestige, targeting the demographics most drawn to the status markers the badge foretells.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 July 2026
Definition of foretells
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  • And one of the tenets of that faith is that God ordains everything.
    — Scott Pelley, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
Definition of ordains
Verb
  • In the film’s ferocious climax, Jim is shot but escapes with Selena and Hannah, and the story closes (28 days later) back in the countryside as a jet flies over and augurs their rescue.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 24 June 2026
  • This augurs poorly for yen bulls.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Definition of augurs
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