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FOREORDAIN
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they foreordain ... he / she / it foreordains
Past simple: foreordained
Past participle: foreordained
-ing form: foreordaining
Sense 1
Meaning:
Foreordain or determine beforehand
Synonyms:
foreordain; predestine; preordain
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "foreordain" is one way to...):
predetermine (determine beforehand)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "foreordain"):
jinx (foredoom to failure)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Derivation:
foreordination ((theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Foreordain by divine will or decree
Synonyms:
foreordain; predestinate; predestine
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "foreordain" is one way to...):
predetermine (determine beforehand)
Domain category:
theological system; theology (a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Derivation:
foreordination ((theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind))
