FOREORDAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foreordain mean? 

• FOREORDAIN (verb)
  The verb FOREORDAIN has 2 senses:

1. foreordain by divine will or decree

2. foreordain or determine beforehand

  Familiarity information: FOREORDAIN used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOREORDAIN (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they foreordain    ... he / she / it foreordains   
Past simple: foreordained   
Past participle: foreordained   
-ing form: foreordaining   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Foreordain by divine will or decree

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

foreordain; predestinate; predestine

Hypernyms (to "foreordain" is one way to...):

predetermine (determine beforehand)

Domain category:

theological system; theology (a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

foreordination ((theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Foreordain or determine beforehand

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

foreordain; predestine; preordain

Hypernyms (to "foreordain" is one way to...):

predetermine (determine beforehand)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "foreordain"):

jinx (foredoom to failure)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE

Derivation:

foreordination ((theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind))