Meaning of predestined in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    predestined

    Definitions

    1. established or prearranged unalterably

    Examples

    • « his place in history was foreordained »
    • « a sense of predestinate inevitability about it »
    • « it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world »

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  • « 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. »
    Amelia Barr
  • « 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. »
    Stephen Hawking

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