as in destined
to determine the fate of in advance
religious sects that believe that an individual's salvation has been predetermined by God
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Recent Examples of predetermined
Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
Unlike most competitions in spring, the outcome of this one wasn’t predetermined.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
Jim was pointing out that predetermined sales can be canceled.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
The Valentine’s Day menu features a $129 predetermined four-course dinner.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2025
In an old but often-cited Danish study on twins, researchers found that about 25 percent of longevity was heritable—in other words, predetermined by your genes.
—Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2025
There’s no real shape to their journey, no unexpected pitfalls or subplots or surprises; even a rambunctious interlude in a modern-day supermarket feels curiously predetermined.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2025
Growing up in a house where both of her parents’ income was below the poverty line, Katherine’s success was far from predetermined, and her focus was split between her growth and caring for her siblings.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
If you’re predetermined to have finer strands, there are ways of inflating and boosting them to encourage the appearance of thickness, which is where styling and cuts come in.
—Elle Turner, Glamour, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Of course, seasonal effects are background conditions and not predetermined outcomes, with plenty of mismatches between the historical record and actual market action, a few as recently as last year.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
Unlike most competitions in spring, the outcome of this one wasn’t predetermined.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
Jim was pointing out that predetermined sales can be canceled.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
The Valentine’s Day menu features a $129 predetermined four-course dinner.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2025
In an old but often-cited Danish study on twins, researchers found that about 25 percent of longevity was heritable—in other words, predetermined by your genes.
—Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2025
There’s no real shape to their journey, no unexpected pitfalls or subplots or surprises; even a rambunctious interlude in a modern-day supermarket feels curiously predetermined.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2025
Growing up in a house where both of her parents’ income was below the poverty line, Katherine’s success was far from predetermined, and her focus was split between her growth and caring for her siblings.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
If you’re predetermined to have finer strands, there are ways of inflating and boosting them to encourage the appearance of thickness, which is where styling and cuts come in.
—Elle Turner, Glamour, 21 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predetermined
Verb
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The two floors dedicated to offices — including Martin’s personal one — as well as a basement space destined to content production and the brand’s archives are also undergoing the finishing touches.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
9 Apr. 2025
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Detroit’s playoff drought looks destined to go to nine years, the second-longest active drought of any team (Buffalo is the longest at 14), and tied for the fourth-longest drought in NHL history.—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
Verb
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An away victory would have doomed Peru completely but now the race to qualify, for that play-off spot at least, is back on.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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But without empathy, responsibility, agency, and free will he is doomed to remain a wooden facsimile.—
Ann Kowal Smith,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Much of this equipment, Weinreb notes, is at the cutting edge of the field, allowing imaging of the retina and other eye structures that was not possible not long ago.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 June 2025
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Because there was such little evidence, state police said further forensic testing was not possible.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
22 June 2025
Adjective
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The March flight failed in similar fashion, but SpaceX's investigators determined the most probable root cause was a hardware failure in one of the ship's engines, a different failure mode than two months before.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
19 June 2025
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For his next act, Bill Zito tries something else no one thought possible, financially practical or any-which-way probable.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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What unfolds next is both foreordained and unpredictable: a performance superficially the same as any other rendition of the same score, but also profoundly different — wondrous, perhaps, or merely rote.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
16 Oct. 2024
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The film is a tragedy in which everything comes out right: Coppola builds his protagonist’s absurd overreach into a foreordained happy ending, and the movie itself is a happy outcome from the very start.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2024
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“Predetermined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predetermined. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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