foreordained Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb foreordain by divine will or decree
    foreordain; predestine; predestinate.
  2. verb foreordain or determine beforehand
    foreordain; predestine; preordain.
  3. adjective satellite established or prearranged unalterably
    predestined; predestinate.
    • his place in history was foreordained
    • a sense of predestinate inevitability about it
    • it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world

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