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PREDESTINATE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Established or prearranged unalterably
Example:
it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world
Synonyms:
foreordained; predestinate; predestined
Classified under:
Similar:
certain; sure (certain to occur; destined or inevitable)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they predestinate ... he / she / it predestinates
Past simple: predestinated
Past participle: predestinated
-ing form: predestinating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Foreordain by divine will or decree
Synonyms:
foreordain; predestinate; predestine
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "predestinate" 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
