preordained
past simple and past participle ofpreordain
| 单词 | preordained |
| 释义 | preordained past simple and past participle ofpreordain preordain verb[T] formaluk/ˌpriː.ɔːˈdeɪn/us/ˌpriː.ɔːrˈdeɪn/(especiallyof apowerthoughtto begreaterthanordinarypeople) todecideorfixwhat willhappenin a way that cannot bechangedorcontrolled: [+ to infinitive]Illness andsufferingseemed(to be) preordainedtobe her lot. Hislifeseemsto havefolloweda preordainedpath/direction. Planning, expecting and arranging
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Fate and destiny Examplesofpreordainedpreordained In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. As there were also no legal impediments to their acquistion of property, an application to one of the curiae was almostpreordained. From theCambridge English Corpus If our fate ispreordained(in our genes or in the stars), then implicitly it cannot be undone. From theCambridge English Corpus Such a division had beenpreordainedin the creation of man. From theCambridge English Corpus But these are just random weights, not discretepreordainedparameter settings. From theCambridge English Corpus It shared with the poet a feeling for organism and for the working out ofpreordainedpattern. From theCambridge English Corpus The human brain, in its structure and its function, was but the climax of this veiled andpreordainedscheme. From theCambridge English Corpus The five goal areas are not intended to be viewed as separate entities, nor are they meant to be emphasized in apreordainedsequence. From theCambridge English Corpus When someone dies, most, if not all, societies will mark the end of life with apreordainedritual of greater or lesser formality. From theCambridge English Corpus The eight-dollar level is in no waypreordained. From theCambridge English Corpus The outcome does not appear to have beenpreordained, and it is possible that their opinions played a role in resolving the situation. From theCambridge English Corpus They may be intentional, unintentional, or structural and are not deterministic, random, or teleologicallypreordained. From theCambridge English Corpus People had come to live according to time-discipline, eating and sleeping on apreordainedschedule dictated by the workplace. From theCambridge English Corpus It was not inevitable orpreordained. From theCambridge English Corpus Under such circumstances his fate waspreordained. From theCambridge English Corpus In sum, the importance of party for voting patterns on them notwithstanding, the outcome of free votes is notpreordainedby the partisan distribution of parliamentary seats. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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