preordain
preordain
Definition
pre·ordain (prē′ôr dān′)
pre′·or′di·na′·tion (-ôrd′'n ā′s̸hən) noun
preordain
Synonyms
preordain
Usage Examples
Object
- event: The conveyer belts of time carry you into a meaningless landscape of preordained events.
- path: Character kits can set newbies off on a journey, but no-one should have to follow any preordained path.
- position: A butler glides across the drawing room, adjusting chairs to preordained positions, fanning magazines to a precise esthetic.
- role: And all may have preordained roles to play in the Story that will give meaning to their lives.
Modifying Another Word
- not: In any case, it is not preordained that the SNP will forever remain the leading force in the fight for an independent Scotland.
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