PREORDAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does preordain mean? 

• PREORDAIN (verb)
  The verb PREORDAIN has 1 sense:

1. foreordain or determine beforehand

  Familiarity information: PREORDAIN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREORDAIN (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they preordain    ... he / she / it preordains   
Past simple: preordained   
Past participle: preordained   
-ing form: preordaining   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Foreordain or determine beforehand

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

foreordain; predestine; preordain

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

predetermine (determine beforehand)

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

jinx (foredoom to failure)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

preordination ((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))