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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
  • That’s the risk in raving about something destined to be seen sooner or later on a small screen.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
  • EVs were destined for the culture wars.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of destined
Verb
  • The choice felt doomed from the start.
    Eliza Berman, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Without genuine commitment from leaders, change efforts are doomed from the start.
    Vince Molinaro, Forbes, 2 Oct. 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
  • Returning to school as quickly as possible, with appropriate support, and getting light exercise that doesn’t pose a head injury risk are important first steps in concussion recovery, and in line with the latest research.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • The Trust continues to focus on maintaining its investment objective of tracking the Bitwise 10 Large Cap Crypto Index as closely as possible.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of possible
Adjective
  • Second, Schipper said, the probable trifecta of controlling the presidency and both chambers of Congress further increases the likelihood that Trump can enact his fiscal agenda.
    Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Independent of the probable timeline for making repairs to Tropicana Field, it can't be used as an outdoor venue either, because the stadium was not engineered to drain rainwater away from the field.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of probable
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