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Adjective predestined has 1 sense

foreordained, predestinate, predestined - established or prearranged unalterably; "his place in history was foreordained"; "a sense of predestinate inevitability about it"; "it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world"
Antonym: uncertain (indirect, via certain)

Verb predestine has 3 senses

predestine - decree or determine beforehand
--₁ is one way to ordain

Derived form: noun predestination₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
predestine, predestinate, foreordain - foreordain by divine will or decree
--₂ is one way to predetermine

Derived form: noun predestination₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
predestine, foreordain, preordain - foreordain or determine beforehand
--₃ is one way to predetermine

Derived form: noun predestination₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE