ORDAINS Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

ordains

verb

present tense third-person singular of ordain

as in destines

to determine the fate of in advance he is stoic in the face of adversity, bolstered by his faith that everything in life has been ordained by a higher power

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as in orders

to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority a new bill that would ordain the funding of public schools through state lottery revenues

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as in enacts

to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action the founders of the African republic ordained a form of government that was closely modeled on that of the United States

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Recent Examples of ordains And one of the tenets of that faith is that God ordains everything. — Scott Pelley, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026

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Fans continue to ask Carney about Hadestown’s climactic moment, when Orpheus dooms Eurydice forever by turning to look at her on the road back from hell.

— Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
This dooms the kingdom to the tyrannical rule of the villainous Priscilla (Nikki Glaser), who swoops in and snatches the throne.

— Kevin Giraud, Variety, 23 June 2026

Definition of dooms

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Sampson orders Springfield, his security man, to find that same chemist Reacher is seeking and thus to find Reacher.

— Chris Klimek, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
But some orders commissioning justices of the peace, though signed by Adams and sealed by his Secretary of State, went undelivered.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of orders

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Trump quickly enacts a temporary 10% global levy using a different law.

— Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2026
Undaunted, Demczur used his squeegee blade to carve a hole in the plaster so the men could kick through the wall to escape—a process Demczur re-enacts for the series.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of enacts

Verb

Maintaining voter lists is the responsibility of states, not the federal government, as the Constitution dictates that states control elections.

— Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026
For a precision folding bike where millimeter-perfect alignment dictates how smoothly the hinges open and close, keeping the metal perfectly straight is a manufacturing advantage.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of dictates

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Proton Mail, acting as a proxy, requests the image and caches it on its own servers.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
The person asked for gas money and Bitcoin, requests the family found suspicious because Goods doesn't drive and didn't have a car in Las Vegas.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

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