preordaining
Deciding in advance
Preordaining is determining or decreeing something in advance, especially by divine will or fate.
The word implies that outcomes were fixed before events unfolded: Some believe God is preordaining every moment of our lives.
It can also describe any authority establishing something beforehand: The committee seemed to be preordaining the winner before votes were cast.
Announcing future events
- predictionForecast of coming events
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
sibyl · divination · augury · omen · portent · harbinger · presage · clairvoyance
Predetermined course of events
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- lotLarge amount or portion
- fortuneWealth or destiny
stars · predetermined · fated · determinism · inescapable · unavoidable · ineluctable · irreversible
Total absence of doubt
- immutableIncapable of being changed
- irrevocableCannot be undone
- unalterableIncapable of being changed
- fixedRestored or immovable
binding · conclusive · definite · unchangeable · incontrovertible · absolute · necessary · compelled
Divinely predetermined fate
- divine willGod's sovereign intention
- providenceDivine protective care
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- electionOrganized public voting
sovereignty · omniscience · omnipotence · theism · deity · God · Allah · Yahweh
Established beforehand
- prearrangedOrganized ahead of time
- preestablishedSet up beforehand
- presetConfigured before use
- prescheduledArranged beforehand
prefixed · foreordained · preconceived · premeditated · orchestrated · scripted · mapped · blueprinted
foretelling
Announcing future events
- predictionForecast of coming events
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
soothsayer · sibyl · divination · augury · omen · portent · harbinger · presage · clairvoyance · prescience
destiny
Predetermined course of events
fortune · stars · predetermined · fated · determinism · inescapable · unavoidable · ineluctable · irreversible · sealed
certainty
Total absence of doubt
- immutableIncapable of being changed
- irrevocableCannot be undone
- unalterableIncapable of being changed
fixed · binding · conclusive · definite · unchangeable · incontrovertible · absolute · necessary · compelled · locked
predestination
Divinely predetermined fate
- divine willGod's sovereign intention
- providenceDivine protective care
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
election · sovereignty · omniscience · omnipotence · theism · deity · God · Allah · Yahweh · Brahman
predetermined
Established beforehand
- prearrangedOrganized ahead of time
- preestablishedSet up beforehand
- presetConfigured before use
prescheduled · prefixed · foreordained · preconceived · premeditated · orchestrated · scripted · mapped · blueprinted · designed
preordainingrandomizing
Making selection by chance
randomness · chance · luck · happenstance · contingency
preordainingspontaneity
Acting without forethought
improvising · going with the flow · freeing · liberating · deferring
ordinary, coordinate, extraordinary, subordinate, ordain, ordinance, coordinator, ordination, inordinate