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PREORDAIN
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they preordain ... he / she / it preordains
Past simple: preordained
Past participle: preordained
-ing form: preordaining
Sense 1
Meaning:
Foreordain or determine beforehand
Synonyms:
foreordain; predestine; preordain
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "preordain" is one way to...):
predetermine (determine beforehand)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "preordain"):
jinx (foredoom to failure)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Derivation:
preordination ((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))
