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US
/ˌpɹiˈdɛstənd/
]
[ UK /pɹɪdˈɛstɪnd/ ]
[ UK /pɹɪdˈɛstɪnd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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established or prearranged unalterably
it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world
a sense of predestinate inevitability about it
his place in history was foreordained
How To Use predestined In A Sentence
- God might have predestined us to suffer from such a condition,’ he said.
- All the machinery was ready, the platform laid; the facilities, the wires and bells and trumpets, the roaring, deafening newspaperism of the period -- its most distinctive sign -- were waiting for her, their predestined mistress, to press her foot on the spring and set them all in motion. The Tragic Muse
- They believed that kings were predestined to rule.
- Few people would attain their predestined ending could they see it in advance.
- The late Nobel laureate Ilya Prigogine has demonstrated that creativity in nature leads, through infinite bifurcations or decision points, to an unforetold plurality of possibilities, not a predestined fate for man or molecule.
- Perhaps that is what we call yen fen (predestined romance); they started dating each other soon afterward, and tied the knot after six months. My Sinchew -
- For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified. Recovering From Religious Abuse
- But you are not predestined to repeat your father's mistakes.
- They went astray from the predestined path thus destructing the overall wholeness of the planet.
- John Calvin's faith offers predestined salvation for a lucky few and requires adherents to work hard and shun ostentation.