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

Ella’s father himself was due to leave in the next day or two, destined—even he—for the front.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026
One big question has always been whether cells in the ectoderm were already destined to become the forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain.

— Mike McRae September 21, New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of destine

Verb

In some cases, House Democrats are campaigning on the bill that’s doomed in its current form, presenting a further contrast to the vast majority of Senate Democrats who want nothing to do with it.

— Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
This being England, their love is doomed by the gulf of the social divide.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of doom

Verb

His path toward becoming a designer was weird, but probably fated if what happened next was any indication.

— Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Still just 24, Calafiori has always come across like someone who seems fated to enjoy everything about football.

— Art de Roché, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026