Thesaurus results for FOREORDAIN

foreordain

verb

ˌfȯr-ȯr-ˈdān

Definition of foreordain

as in to destine

to determine the fate of in advance we are such good friends, it's almost like we were foreordained to meet

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Recent Examples of foreordain Wagner commented that in opera the orchestra should act as a medium of premonition, indicating what is foreordained but not yet foreseen. — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024 Before anything else is said about Lana Del Rey’s new album, let it be noted that however well the record came out, it was foreordained to come in second among her artistic works of the past year. — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023 Pelosi is more than happy for additional evidence to be disclosed and for the Senate to call witnesses, even after the House has impeached and when the resolution of the trial is foreordained. — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 17 Jan. 2020 The 41st president, who couldn’t always get his sentences straight, wasn’t foreordained for history’s hall of fame. — Josef Joffe, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2018 Aster piles on the personal confrontations and emotional breakdowns, but compounds them with unnerving new hauntings, all the way up to an ending that feels foreordained, but still shattering. — Tasha Robinson, The Verge, 8 June 2018

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Related Stories Rice, however, was not destined to advise on matters of Uno and Matchbox cars.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026
The company explicitly framed the ultra-high-tech monster as the roadmap for a rollout of seven new road-going models destined for global markets over the next four years.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of destine

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He was ordained in 2018 after studies at the University of Dallas and Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Miss Clearman seemed to cast some kind of spell with her pronouncement, ordain the certainty of that future August afternoon.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of ordain

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Some economists argued that government attempts to intervene in the economy were doomed to fail.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Efforts to institute regulations at an international level are often doomed to fail, typically because of geopolitical and economic competition.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of doom

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Like Jonah, Jay confronts the possibility that divine will, fate, or whatever governs the universe cannot be outrun.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
The novel explores free will, fate, and morality, and was famously adapted into a classic film by Stanley Kubrick in 1971.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

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