Preordain (Verb)
Meaning
Foreordain or determine beforehand.
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- Many people believe that fate can preordain the course of a person's life from birth to death.
- Their actions seemed to preordain that they would be chosen as the leaders in their field.
- These conditions may preordain the eventual collapse of the weak economy of the country.
- Sociologists argue that social roles are often preordained by cultural expectations rather than personal preferences.
- Some skeptics believe that psychological profiles cannot preordain success but only predict potential.