Synonyms of predetermine

predetermine

verb

ˌprē-di-ˈtər-mən 

as in to destine

to determine the fate of in advance

religious sects that believe that an individual's salvation has been predetermined by God

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destine
• ordain
• doom
• fate
• predestine
• predict
• preordain
• foreordain
• foretell
• prognosticate
• condemn
• foredoom
• forecast
• prejudge
• prophesy
• foresee
• presage
• sentence
• anticipate
• augur
• predestinate
• divine
• portend
• bode
• forebode
• preconceive
• foreknow
• forbode

Examples of predetermine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Aparicio’s poetic sculptural forms look back half a century to the Post-Minimal art of the 1970s — especially process art, in which predetermined and accidental methods of their making replace personal decisions as the chief driver in creating the form. —Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024

These conventions were often sleepy affairs, the outcome predetermined. —Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 22 May 2024

Despite regularly receiving mysterious messages correctly predicting how long each of her relationships will last, a woman resists the idea that her romantic future is predetermined. —Becky Meloan, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024

Banning Rose for life was another marker, Giamatti sending a decisive message to anyone paying attention that games are not fixed or outcomes predetermined. —Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024