predestinate

verb

Definition of predestinatenext
as in to ordain

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predestinate
  1. ordain
  2. fate
  3. predetermine
  4. foreordain
  5. predict
  6. prognosticate
  7. predestine
  8. destine
Verb
  • Frustrations about the slow pace of reform bubbled into the open during the assembly when the pope’s doctrine adviser ruled out ordaining women as deacons and then failed to turn up to a meeting on the topic.
    Christopher Lamb, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Born in Poland in 1920 but not ordained a priest until after World War II, the master of at least a dozen languages was elected Oct. 16, 1978 — making him among the youngest popes in history — amid much jubilation from Chicago’s Polish American community, which was the largest outside Warsaw.
    Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of ordain
Verb
  • So consider separating yourself from the fear of challenges and instead try to get excited about how fated your experiences will be.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The audience has to believe that these are not just two children caught up in the early days of first love, but that they’re fated by the Gods and the universe to have met and to have died.
    Trish Deitch, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of fate
Verb
  • Their close examination of mouse brains after learning revealed that an engram’s ability to store memory may be predetermined by how DNA is packaged within neurons.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Clearly, this was not just a story, because the current rumor mill is saying that John Mulaney will be making more Everybody’s in L.A. but will not complete his destiny of hosting the 2025 Oscars, which seemed honestly predetermined.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 30 July 2024
Definition of predetermine
Verb
  • The Russian invasion of Ukraine, in February, 2022, was no more inevitable or foreordained than the U.S. invasion of Iraq, in 2003.
    Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
  • 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
Definition of foreordain
Verb
  • Not even the most pessimistic prognosticators could have predicted this.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Studies show betting markets have sometimes accurately predicted winners, especially when large volumes of data are available.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of predict
Verb
  • Relying on polls and the prognosticating reputation of their Washington correspondent, editors announced the victory of Republican New York Gov. Thomas Dewey over the incumbent president, Democrat Harry S. Truman.
    Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
  • That comes on the heels of the stock’s biggest single-day gain since May 2011, as shares leapt 22% in Thursday trading after the company’s earnings report smashed analyst forecasts for third-quarter profits and Musk prognosticated up to 30% vehicle delivery growth in 2025.
    Derek Saul, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of prognosticate
Verb
  • Though Kendall finished well before Stricker on Sunday, the result felt predestined.
    Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2023
  • Genes do not predestine one individual to complete fewer years of schooling than another or one individual to score higher on a cognitive performance test than another.
    Robbee Wedow, Scientific American, 26 May 2022
Definition of predestine
Verb
  • William, who was the duke of Normandy, took issue with the appointment, claiming he’d been destined for the throne, and invaded Britain.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The pass-happy approach seemed destined to doom the Trojans until midway through the third quarter, when Moss dropped back on fourth and nine, in desperate need of a spark.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of destine
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