predetermined
Settled in advance
Predetermined means decided or established in advance, before the relevant events occur.
A predetermined outcome was settled before the process began.
A predetermined route was planned beforehand.
The word often implies that what seems spontaneous or uncertain was actually fixed from the start, sometimes suggesting unfairness: Critics claimed the investigation's conclusions were predetermined.
Predetermined course of events
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- foreordinationPredetermined divine decree
- providenceDivine protective care
- kismetPreordained future outcome
karma · fate · fatalism · determinism · inevitability · necessity · doom · lot
Decided on beforehand
- prearrangedOrganized ahead of time
- premeditatedPlanned before acting
- presetConfigured before use
- preprogrammedConfigured in advance
scripted · scheduled · orchestrated · calculated · deliberate · intentional · designed · arranged
Certain to occur
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
- inexorableImpossible to prevent
- certainFree from doubt
sure · guaranteed · unpreventable · unstoppable · imminent · impending · doomed · conclusive
Restored or immovable
- setArrange in position
- immutableIncapable of being changed
- unalterableIncapable of being changed
- unchangeableImpossible to modify
inflexible · rigid · permanent · irreversible · irrevocable · static · established · concrete
Foretelling of future events
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- omenProphetic indicator
- prognosticationForetelling future events
foretold · prophesied · divination · soothsaying · clairvoyance · foreseen · portent · vision
destiny
Predetermined course of events
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- foreordinationPredetermined divine decree
- providenceDivine protective care
kismet · karma · fate · fatalism · determinism · inevitability · necessity · doom · lot · fortune
planned
Decided on beforehand
- prearrangedOrganized ahead of time
- premeditatedPlanned before acting
- presetConfigured before use
preprogrammed · scripted · scheduled · orchestrated · calculated · deliberate · intentional · designed · arranged · coordinated
inevitable
Certain to occur
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
- inexorableImpossible to prevent
certain · sure · guaranteed · unpreventable · unstoppable · imminent · impending · doomed · conclusive · definite
fixed
Restored or immovable
- setArrange in position
- immutableIncapable of being changed
- unalterableIncapable of being changed
unchangeable · inflexible · rigid · permanent · irreversible · irrevocable · static · established · concrete · hardened
prophecy
Foretelling of future events
prognostication · foretold · prophesied · divination · soothsaying · clairvoyance · foreseen · portent · vision · revelation
- fatedestiny, fate, kismet, Moira, fated
- planningplan, planned, planners, to-do lists, calendars
- beforehandbeforehand, before, ahead, early, in advance
- Easy Thingseasy, simple, easy peasy, easy-peasy, easy as pie
- organizedorganized, ordered, arranged, sorted, classified
- readinessready, prepared, set, alert, primed
predeterminedspontaneous
Arising without external cause
unplanned · unpremeditated · impromptu · spur-of-the-moment · unarranged
predeterminedrandom
Occurring without pattern
chance · accidental · fortuitous · coincidental · undetermined
predeterminedundetermined
Not yet established
flexible · open-ended · unsettled · undecided · unfixed
predetermine, predetermines, predetermining, predetermination