verb
- to decide or determine beforehand; to predestine
Usage: formal; often used in religious contexts
Examples
- Some believe that fate has foreordained our destiny.
- The ancient prophecy seemed to foreordain the hero’s victory.
- Religious doctrine suggests that God foreordains all events.
- The king believed his rule was foreordained by divine right.
- Nothing could change what had been foreordained centuries ago.
- The tragic ending appeared to be foreordained from the beginning.