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US
/ˌpɹiˈdɛstənd/
]
[ UK /pɹɪdˈɛstɪnd/ ]
[ UK /pɹɪdˈɛstɪnd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
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
- Alex's is predestined, of course, and lucky for him he's able to stand up to it. THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
- These are troubling times we are in mired in, for the Lord is witness to the crimes of his children and has predestined us to suffer for our sins.
- His was not a political career predestined from birth.
- Once again he saw himself, as if in a nightmare, watching impotently as the bizarre charabanc of facts and conjecture hurtled on its predestined course. She Closed Her Eyes
- These events were clearly predestined to happen.
- Looking back from the year 2030 it will appear as if the world conspired to ensure that a predestined event occurred.
- She thought that whatever happened was predestined.
- Calvin said that God sovereignly predestined everything that happens in the world.
- Look at Ephesians 1: 5, ‘He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will.’
- Sorel is predestined to fire his fatal pistol shot at Madame de Claude Simon - Nobel Lecture