Predestined
adjective
Something that has been decided or set in advance.
It was predestined that she would become a great pianist because she practiced every day.
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Formal
verb
To decide something in advance or to determine an outcome before it happens.
The outcome of the match seems to be predestined because the other team is very strong.
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Formal
adjective
Something that has been decided or set in advance.
It was predestined that she would become a great pianist because she practiced every day.
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To decide something in advance or to determine an outcome before it happens.
The outcome of the match seems to be predestined because the other team is very strong.
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Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Inevitability
Use 'predestined' to suggest that no other outcome is possible.
Her rise to fame was predestined with such talent.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Usage
In historical texts, 'predestined' often relates to divine or fate-driven events.
The prophecy predestined the king's fall.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Random
'Predestined' implies that the outcome was deliberately set, not by chance.
Their reunion seemed predestined by earlier actions.
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What your breath could...
to perform a screening test. But this means you can only find what you're looking for. With all of these features, breath analysis is predestined to deliver what many traditional screening tests are lacking. And most importantly,
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The meaning of life...
Just as she’d created the foundations of existentialism, she’d now redefine the limits of gender. Published in 1949, "The Second Sex" argues that, like our life’s meaning, gender is not predestined. As de Beauvoir famously wrote,
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TED2016 in review PIPE...
I don't know why he didn't explain his name right away I like I could barely hear what he was saying like Astro teller Astro teller like what's he predestined to be the head of Google X or I mean it sounds like a like a
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Is Our Path in Life Set...
that leave room for like miracles absolutely we don't think of astrology chart as predestined that it's your only fate that's carved in stone we see a life map just like we say life is a journey and
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What your breath could...
to perform a screening test. But this means you can only find what you're looking for. With all of these features, breath analysis is predestined to deliver what many traditional screening tests are lacking. And most importantly,
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The meaning of life...
Just as she’d created the foundations of existentialism, she’d now redefine the limits of gender. Published in 1949, "The Second Sex" argues that, like our life’s meaning, gender is not predestined. As de Beauvoir famously wrote,
Video examples
TED2016 in review PIPE...
I don't know why he didn't explain his name right away I like I could barely hear what he was saying like Astro teller Astro teller like what's he predestined to be the head of Google X or I mean it sounds like a like a
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Is Our Path in Life Set...
that leave room for like miracles absolutely we don't think of astrology chart as predestined that it's your only fate that's carved in stone we see a life map just like we say life is a journey and
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Quote examples
Howie Long
American Football Player
It's not like I'm a Buddhist or anything, but I think we've all got, to a certain extent, a predestined life. My journey took me from Boston to Philadelphia to Oakland to Los Angeles and then as a broadcaster. I've been fortunate.
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Amelia Barr
American Novelist
Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished.
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Steve Blank
American Businessman
Most people appear to live an unexamined life, cruising through the years without much reflection about what it means, and/or taking what life hands them and believing it's all predestined.
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Ed Reed
American Athlete
It wasn't about accolades, but showing that I was bred and predestined to be one of best football players to come into the league - and, every Sunday, to help my team to win.
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Paul Mooney
American Comedian
Sometimes, what you do you have no control over because it's predestined. It's gonna happen in spite of you. There's nothing you can do about it.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy and pushy: he guards against them.
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Rithy Panh
Cambodian Director
I wasn't predestined to be a filmmaker; this wasn't an obvious choice to me.
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Henry Adams
American Historian
Intimates are predestined.
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Howie Long
American Football Player
It's not like I'm a Buddhist or anything, but I think we've all got, to a certain extent, a predestined life. My journey took me from Boston to Philadelphia to Oakland to Los Angeles and then as a broadcaster. I've been fortunate.
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Amelia Barr
American Novelist
Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished.
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Steve Blank
American Businessman
Most people appear to live an unexamined life, cruising through the years without much reflection about what it means, and/or taking what life hands them and believing it's all predestined.
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Ed Reed
American Athlete
It wasn't about accolades, but showing that I was bred and predestined to be one of best football players to come into the league - and, every Sunday, to help my team to win.
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Paul Mooney
American Comedian
Sometimes, what you do you have no control over because it's predestined. It's gonna happen in spite of you. There's nothing you can do about it.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy and pushy: he guards against them.
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Rithy Panh
Cambodian Director
I wasn't predestined to be a filmmaker; this wasn't an obvious choice to me.
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Henry Adams
American Historian
Intimates are predestined.
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