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adjective

Definition of predestinednext
as in destined

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predestined

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verb

past tense of predestine
as in doomed
to determine the fate of in advance our victory in the tournament was seemingly predestined

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predestined
  1. destined
  2. doomed
  3. foreordained
  4. possible
  5. probable
Verb
  • The smart money is on the episode also revealing the fate of Beth’s treacherous brother, Jamie, who seems destined to take a trip to the train station.
    Charlie Mason, TVLine, 11 Dec. 2024
  • China views Taiwan as a breakaway province destined to be reunited with the mainland, including by force.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of destined
Verb
  • That, as well as personal details from his decades-old divorce and disagreements with lawmakers, doomed his nomination.
    Elena Moore, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Watch the wild punt play that doomed the Cowboys last night.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of doomed
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of foreordained
Adjective
  • People can stay safe from possible carbon monoxide poisoning by taking precautionary measures.
    Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Keep your eyes and ears open, and be as transparent with people as possible.
    Alexandre Bonvin, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of possible
Adjective
  • Advertisement Rather, Harris would need to view the job as a probable career-capper, taking pride in solving complex problems that are eating away at her native state.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
  • He was listed as questionable for the Lakers’ next game, in Atlanta on Dec. 6, before being upgraded to probable pregame and eventually playing.
    Jovan Buha, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of probable
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