Meaning

1 senses

  1. To determine the fate of something in advance.

    предопределятьpredopredeljatʹ

    foreordain or determine beforehand

Examples

1 sentences

  1. My life seems to have followed a preordained path.

    ruМоя жизнь, похоже, пошла по предопределённой колее.

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
To determine the fate of something in advance:

Forms

preordains, preordaining, preordained, preordained
Base formpreordain · to preordain
3rd person singularpreordains
Present participlepreordaining
Past simplepreordained
Past participlepreordained

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypreordain
he, she, itpreordains

Past simpleLesson

all personspreordained

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave preordained
he, she, ithas preordained

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill preordain

Synonyms

3 synonyms
foreordainpredestinepredetermine
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedpreordination
Derivedpreordainment

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
prenuptialpreoccupationC2preoccupyB2preppreparationB1preparatory
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