foreordain
foreordain — verb
- foreordainpresent simple I / you / we / they
- foreordains3rd person singular
- foreordaining-ing form
- foreordainedpast simple
1. to fix in advance, as if by the will of God or fate, that something is sure to h
to fix in advance, as if by the will of God or fate, that something is sure to happen, so that no one can prevent it.
Christopher believed that God had foreordained every step of his long journey home.
active: subject + foreordain + noun object
The old prophecy claimed that the kingdom's fall had been foreordained centuries earlier.
passive: be foreordained + time expression
Élise felt that her grandmother's illness was foreordained and could not be avoided.
Some ancient Greeks held that the gods foreordain the day each person will die.
Kwame argued that nothing in life is foreordained and every choice remains ours.
- predestine
very close in meaning and register; even more strongly tied to religious belief in God's plan
- preordain
spelling variant with the same sense; both suggest a higher power fixing events
- predetermine
more neutral; can describe a mechanical or scientific cause, not only fate or God
- destine
usually passive ('be destined to'); broader and less formal than foreordain
文法句型
foreordain + noun
be foreordained
foreordain + that-clause
用法筆記
Frequently passive ('be foreordained') and most common in religious, philosophical, or literary writing about fate and destiny; rare in everyday speech.