preordains
Decides in advance
Preordains means to determine or decree in advance, especially by divine will or fate.
The word usually implies that outcomes were fixed before events unfolded: Some believe God preordains who will be saved.
More loosely, it suggests inevitability: Nothing preordains that democracy will survive.
Predetermined course of events
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- lotLarge amount or portion
fated · doomed · predetermined · fatalism · fatefulness · stars · karma · appointed
Divinely predetermined fate
- foreordinationPredetermined divine decree
- divineOf or from gods
- providenceDivine protective care
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
decrees · ordainment · election · Calvinism · grace · salvation · omniscience · will
Total absence of doubt
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
- ineluctableImpossible to evade
- immutableIncapable of being changed
irrevocable · unalterable · unchangeable · necessary · binding · compulsion · inexorable · foregone
Predicts future events
- prophesyPredict through revelation
- predictionForecast of coming events
- prognosticationForetelling future events
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
seer · prophet · sibyl · augury · divination · soothsaying · omen · portent
Knowledge of future events
- omniscienceUnlimited knowledge state
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
precognition · insight · knowing · awareness · vision · premonition · intuition
destiny
Predetermined course of events
lot · fated · doomed · predetermined · fatalism · fatefulness · stars · karma · appointed · sealed
predestination
Divinely predetermined fate
- foreordinationPredetermined divine decree
- divineOf or from gods
- providenceDivine protective care
sovereignty · decrees · ordainment · election · Calvinism · grace · salvation · omniscience · will · purpose
certainty
Total absence of doubt
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
- ineluctableImpossible to evade
immutable · irrevocable · unalterable · unchangeable · necessary · binding · compulsion · inexorable · foregone · guaranteed
foretells
Predicts future events
- prophesyPredict through revelation
- predictionForecast of coming events
- prognosticationForetelling future events
oracle · seer · prophet · sibyl · augury · divination · soothsaying · omen · portent · harbinger
prescience
Knowledge of future events
- omniscienceUnlimited knowledge state
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- anticipationState of awaiting something
clairvoyance · precognition · insight · knowing · awareness · vision · premonition · intuition
preordainsimprovises
Creates spontaneously, unrehearsed