predestined

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymsforeordainedpredestinate

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Questions about predestined

What does predestined mean?

predestined means "established or prearranged unalterably".

How many syllables are in predestined?

predestined has 3 syllables: prede-stin-ed. The stress falls on "stin". In IPA it is /ˌpɹiˈdɛstənd/.

What is another word for predestined?

Close synonyms include foreordained, predestinate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is predestined a common word?

predestined is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.