Thesaurus results for PREDESTINE

predestine

verb

(ˌ)prē-ˈde-stən

Definition of predestine

as in to destine

to determine the fate of in advance our victory in the tournament was seemingly predestined

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Recent Examples of predestine There’s a generic quality both to singer-songwriter Michaelson’s score (a combination of folk and Broadway pop) and to a romance that seems almost mystically predestined. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026 The Lionel Messi-Lamine Yamal connection For believers in the soccer gods, Lamine Yamal's ascent to the upper echelons of the sport could almost seem predestined with Lamine anointed by a Barça icon — Lionel Messi. — Nathalie Sommer, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025 Ferrari Given his name, Adam Driver was seemingly predestined to play the man behind the world's most prestigious sports car. — Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025 Josh Allen plowed his way through, as if predestined to cross the plane fully upright. — Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for predestine

Recent Examples of Synonyms for predestine

Verb

Some may remember the surveys in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election when Hilary Clinton was destined to be the nation’s first female president.

— Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
The tables are mostly waiting zones for people ordering takeout, destined for a lunch in Gas Works Park, the nearby brewery taprooms, or just back to the surrounding tech offices.

— Allecia Vermillion, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of destine

Verb

The would-be scammer positions themself as a sort of financial guru, seeking to convince victims that following their advice will insulate their victims from the global financial collapse that is sure to doom most everyone else.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026
Those are the type of numbers that doomed the Sixers for most of the last 10 years.

— CBS News, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of doom

Verb

The organization has taken recent steps to refocus its efforts on attracting younger women to the priesthood, said Burke, who was ordained in 2017.

— Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
He was ordained in 2018 after studies at the University of Dallas and Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of ordain

Verb

Only eight couples entered after last week’s double elimination of Tyler Cameron, Sharna Burgess, Jackson Olson, and Emma Slater — and one more was fated for the chopping block.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Nov. 2026
His prescription, however, was fated to fall wide of the mark.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026