predestine
Decide in advance
Predestine means to determine or decree in advance, especially by divine will.
In theological contexts, it refers to God's foreordaining of events or the salvation of certain souls before they are born: Calvinists believe some are predestined for heaven.
More loosely, if something seems predestined, it feels fated or inevitable: They seemed predestined to meet.
The related noun predestination carries the theological weight, while the adjective predestined emphasizes the sense of fate already sealed.
Organized public voting
- foreknowledgeAwareness of future events
- preordinationPrior divine decree
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- reprobationStern moral disapproval
Calvinism · chosen · elect · decreed · ordained · providence · grace · salvation
Preordained future outcome
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- lotLarge amount or portion
- starsLuminous celestial bodies
omen · prophecy · determinism · inevitability · fated · written · karma · foretold
Divine protective care
- omniscienceUnlimited knowledge state
- almightyHaving complete power
- deityWorshipped supernatural being
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
miracle · salvation · grace · divinity · holiness · revelation · messiah · transcendence
Impossible to prevent
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
- certainFree from doubt
- doomedDestined for destruction
- unalterableIncapable of being changed
fated · ineluctable · sealed · fixed · assured · guaranteed · inexorable · unpreventable
election
Organized public voting
- foreknowledgeAwareness of future events
- preordinationPrior divine decree
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
reprobation · Calvinism · chosen · elect · decreed · ordained · providence · grace · salvation · redemption
kismet
Preordained future outcome
stars · omen · prophecy · determinism · inevitability · fated · written · karma · foretold · sealed
providence
Divine protective care
- omniscienceUnlimited knowledge state
- almightyHaving complete power
- deityWorshipped supernatural being
blessing · miracle · salvation · grace · divinity · holiness · revelation · messiah · transcendence · eternity
unavoidable
Impossible to prevent
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
- certainFree from doubt
- doomedDestined for destruction
unalterable · fated · ineluctable · sealed · fixed · assured · guaranteed · inexorable · unpreventable · foregone
decree
Authoritative legal command
dictate · establish · mandate · proclaim · assign · consecrate · anoint · elect · commission · select
predestineself-determine
Decide for oneself
free will · chance · randomness · contingency · indeterminism
predestination, predestined, predestines, predestining, predestinate