Foreordained

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of foreordain form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having been ordained or arranged in advance; predetermined.

    "His early interest in the law and politics competed with a call to the ministry and his budding sideline as a rock-and-roll drummer, pianist and composer. But when his demo tapes were lost and his application to divinity school was turned down, he sensed that his career in law was foreordained."

Adjective
  1. 1
    established or prearranged unalterably wordnet

Synonyms

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aforesetcertaincondemndestineddoomedeventual

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"Tom's bout with diarrhea was foreordained due to Mary's refusal to clean any cookware."

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