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

Related Stories Rice, however, was not destined to advise on matters of Uno and Matchbox cars.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026
The company explicitly framed the ultra-high-tech monster as the roadmap for a rollout of seven new road-going models destined for global markets over the next four years.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of destine

Verb

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
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

Definition of ordain

Verb

Like Jonah, Jay confronts the possibility that divine will, fate, or whatever governs the universe cannot be outrun.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
The novel explores free will, fate, and morality, and was famously adapted into a classic film by Stanley Kubrick in 1971.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026