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Predestined
[pri-des-tin] 
| Main Entry: |
predestine
[pri-des-tin]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fate |
| Synonyms: | Moirai, break*, chance, circumstance, consequence, cup*, destination, destine, destiny, divine will, doom, effect, end, ending, foreordain, fortune, future, handwriting on the wall, horoscope, inescapableness, issue, karma*, kismet*, lot, luck, nemesis, outcome, portion, predestinate, predestination, predetermine, preordain, providence, stars*, termination, upshot, wheel of fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | choose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pick, select |
| Synonyms: | accept, adopt, appoint, call for, cast, co-opt, commit oneself, crave, cull, decide on, designate, desire, determine, discriminate between, draw lots, elect, embrace, espouse, excerpt, extract, fancy, favor, feel disposed to, finger, fix on, glean, judge, love, make choice, make decision, make up one's mind, name, opt for, predestine, prefer, see fit, separate, set aside, settle upon, sift out, single out, slot, sort, tab, tag, take, take up, tap, want, weigh, will, winnow, wish, wish for |
| Notes: | choose means to pick out or select from a number of alternatives, while chose is the past tense of choose |
| Main Entry: | coming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approaching, promising |
| Synonyms: | about to happen, advancing, almost on one, anticipated, aspiring, at hand, certain, close, converging, deserving, docking, drawing near, due, en route, eventual, expected, fated, foreseen, forthcoming, future, gaining upon, getting near, immediate, imminent, impending, in prospect, in store, in the offing, in the wind, in view, instant, marked, near, nearing, next, nigh, oncoming, ordained, predestined, preparing, progressing, prospective, pursuing, running after, subsequent, to be, up-and-coming |
| Main Entry: | destine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predetermine, ordain |
| Synonyms: | allot, appoint, assign, consecrate, decide, decree, dedicate, design, determine, devote, doom, doom to, earmark*, fate, foreordain, intend, mark out, predestine, preform, preordain, purpose, reserve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | destined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bound for, fated in near future |
| Synonyms: | at hand, brewing, certain, closed, coming, compelled, compulsory, condemned, designed, directed, doomed, foreordained, forthcoming, hanging over, impending, in prospect, in store, in the cards, in the wind, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, instant, intended, looming, meant, menacing, near, ordained, overhanging, predesigned, predestined, predetermined, que sera sera, sealed, settled, stated, that is to be, that will be, threatening, to come, unavoidable, way the ball bounces |
| Antonyms: | avoidable, unscheduled |
| Main Entry: | determine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choose, decide |
| Synonyms: | destine, doom, elect, establish, fate, finger*, fix, foreordain, make up mind, predestine, predetermine, preform, preordain, purpose, resolve, settle |
| Antonyms: | doubt, hesitate, waver |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doomed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | condemned, hopeless |
| Synonyms: | bedeviled, bewitched, convicted, cursed, cut down, damned, dead duck, destroyed, done, done for, fated, fey, foreordained, ill-fated, ill-omened, in the cards, kiss of death, lost, luckless, menaced, overthrown, overwhelmed, predestined, que sera sera, reprobate, ruined, sentenced, star-crossed, sunk, suppressed, threatened, thrown down, undone, unfortunate, unredeemed, wrecked |
| Antonyms: | hopeful, lucky |
| Main Entry: | fatal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | critical, very important |
| Synonyms: | crucial, decisive, destined, determining, doomed, fateful, final, foreordained, inevitable, predestined, unlucky |
| Antonyms: | trivial, unimportant, unnecessary |
| Main Entry: | fated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | governed by fate |
| Synonyms: | decided by fate, destined, doomed, foreordained, imminent, impending, in the stars, inescapable, inevitable, predestined, predetermined, prejudged, preordained, unavoidable |
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