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    PREDESTINE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they predestine  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it predestines  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: predestined  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: predestined  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: predestining  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Foreordain or determine beforehandplay

    Synonyms:

    foreordain; predestine; preordain

    Classified under:

    Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

    Hypernyms (to "predestine" is one way to...):

    predetermine (determine beforehand)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "predestine"):

    jinx (foredoom to failure)

    Sentence frames:

    Something ----s something
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
    Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE

    Derivation:

    predestination (previous determination as if by destiny or fate)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Foreordain by divine will or decreeplay

    Synonyms:

    foreordain; predestinate; predestine

    Classified under:

    Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

    Hypernyms (to "predestine" is one way to...):

    predetermine (determine beforehand)

    Domain category:

    theological system; theology (a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

    Derivation:

    predestination ((theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind))

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Decree or determine beforehandplay

    Classified under:

    Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

    Hypernyms (to "predestine" is one way to...):

    ordain (issue an order)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

    Derivation:

    predestination (previous determination as if by destiny or fate)

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