Meanings
present singular third person preordains · participle present preordaining · participle past preordained · past preordained
- transitiveTo determine the fate of something in advance.
A child! If here the heart turns sick with rath To see a little one from birth defiled, Or lame or blind, as preordained to languish Through youthless life
1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful NightSynonyms: foreordain, predestine, predetermine
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo determine the fate of something in advance.
More synonyms by meaning
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- Englishordain
- Englishpreordain
Translations
Bulgarian предопределям
- предопределям (predopredeljam)To determine the fate of something in advance
Polish przesądzać, przesądzić
- przesądzaćTo determine the fate of something in advance
- przesądzićTo determine the fate of something in advance
- wyznaczaćTo determine the fate of something in advance
- wyznaczyćTo determine the fate of something in advance
- zarządzaćTo determine the fate of something in advance
- zarządzićTo determine the fate of something in advance
Russian предопределять
- предопределять (predopredeljatʹ)To determine the fate of something in advance
Vietnamese định trước, sắp đặt
- định trướcTo determine the fate of something in advance
- sắp đặtTo determine the fate of something in advance
- an bàiTo determine the fate of something in advance
Cite this entry
preordain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preordain
“preordain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preordain. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preordain,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preordain.
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