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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
  • During the trial, concerns are raised about his long hair, requiring parental consent for a possible haircut.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Unlike those painters, however, Mathieson had to create his images on location with an army of collaborators and the challenge of crafting beautiful images when Scott’s preference is to shoot with as many cameras as possible — something Mathieson says makes lighting exponentially more difficult.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 23 Nov. 2024
Definition of possible
Adjective
  • More news: Yankees Make Final Pleas to Juan Soto After Game 5 Loss In what amounted to a one-season audition in his free agent walk year, Soto led the American League in runs scored batting ahead of Judge, the probable AL MVP.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
  • 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
Definition of probable
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