preordain
Decree in advance
To preordain is to determine or decree something in advance, especially by divine will or fate.
The word often appears in religious contexts—God preordains events, souls are preordained for salvation or damnation.
More loosely, anything that seems inevitable feels preordained: The outcome seemed preordained from the start.
The adjective preordained describes what has been fixed beforehand.
Divinely predetermined fate
- divine willGod's sovereign intention
- providenceDivine protective care
- electionOrganized public voting
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
grace · salvation · doctrine · decree · omniscience · foreordain · theology · dogma
Predetermined course of events
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- lotLarge amount or portion
fated · predetermined · predestined · inexorable · inescapable · written · sealed · stars
Predict future events
- prophesyPredict through revelation
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
augury · prophecy · prescience · foresee · prognostication · soothsaying · omen · portent
Free from doubt
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
- inexorableImpossible to prevent
- necessaryIndispensable, cannot omit
predetermined · unpreventable · foregone · assured · guaranteed · bound · destined · meant to be
predestination
Divinely predetermined fate
- divine willGod's sovereign intention
- providenceDivine protective care
- electionOrganized public voting
sovereignty · grace · salvation · doctrine · decree · omniscience · foreordain · theology · dogma · Calvinism
destiny
Predetermined course of events
lot · fated · predetermined · predestined · inexorable · inescapable · written · sealed · stars · cosmic
foretell
Predict future events
divination · augury · prophecy · prescience · foresee · prognostication · soothsaying · omen · portent · harbinger
certain
Free from doubt
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
- inexorableImpossible to prevent
necessary · predetermined · unpreventable · foregone · assured · guaranteed · bound · destined · meant to be · unchangeable
preordainleave to chance
Act without ensuring outcome
randomize · improvise · wing it · play it by ear · roll the dice