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Yet enthusiasm is no excuse for the historian going off balance. He should remind the reader that outcomes were neither inevitable nor foreordained, but subject to a thousand changes and chances.
Samuel E. Morison

Meaning of "foreordained" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOREORDAINED

foreordained  [ˌfɔːrɔːˈdeɪnd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOREORDAINED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Foreordained is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FOREORDAINED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of foreordained in the English dictionary

The definition of foreordained in the dictionary is inevitable; predestined or established beforehand.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOREORDAINED


constrained
kənˈstreɪnd
contained
kənˈteɪnd
drained
dreɪnd
engrained
ɪnˈɡreɪnd
house-trained
ˈhaʊstreɪnd
ingrained
ɪnˈɡreɪnd
pained
peɪnd
preordained
ˌpriːɔːˈdeɪnd
restrained
rɪˈstreɪnd
self-ordained
ˌselfɔːˈdeɪnd
sprained
spreɪnd
stained
steɪnd
strained
streɪnd
sustained
səˈsteɪnd
trained
treɪnd
unconstrained
ˌʌnkənˈstreɪnd
unexplained
ˌʌnɪkˈspleɪnd
unordained
ˌʌnɔːˈdeɪnd
unrestrained
ˌʌnrɪˈstreɪnd
untrained
ʌnˈtreɪnd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOREORDAINED

forensic evidence
forensic expert
forensic medicine
forensic science
forensic scientist
forensicality
forensically
forensics
forensics expert
foreordain
foreordainment
foreordination
forepart
forepast
forepaw
forepayment
forepeak
foreplan
foreplay
forepoint

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOREORDAINED

bird-brained
bloodstained
close-grained
coarse-grained
combined
curtained
fine-grained
hairbrained
harebrained
highly trained
overstrained
scatterbrained
self-contained
state-maintained
sweat-stained
unascertained
undrained
unmaintained
unstained
unstrained
well-trained

Synonyms and antonyms of foreordained in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FOREORDAINED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «foreordained» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of foreordained

Translation of «foreordained» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOREORDAINED

Find out the translation of foreordained to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of foreordained from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «foreordained» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

注定
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

preordenado
570 millions of speakers

English

foreordained
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

foreordained
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مفروضة سلفا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

предопределил
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

preordenado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দৈবনির্দিষ্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prédestiné
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Diperintahkan terlebih dahulu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vorherbestimmt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

予任
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

예임
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Foreordained
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiền sắc phong
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முன்விதிக்கப்பட்ட அந்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अग्रेषित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

foreordained
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

preordinato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

postanowił,
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зумовив
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

predestinat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προκαθοριστεί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voorbeskik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förutordinerades
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forutordinerte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of foreordained

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREORDAINED»

The term «foreordained» is regularly used and occupies the 91.359 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREORDAINED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about foreordained

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2 QUOTES WITH «FOREORDAINED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word foreordained.
1
Samuel E. Morison
Yet enthusiasm is no excuse for the historian going off balance. He should remind the reader that outcomes were neither inevitable nor foreordained, but subject to a thousand changes and chances.
2
Charles Spurgeon
I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination - the doctrine that God has foreordained certain people unto eternal life.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOREORDAINED»

Discover the use of foreordained in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to foreordained and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Foreordained Failure: The Quest for a Constitutional ...
This work will be of great interest to law scholars, lawyers, judges, and other readers concerned with the subject of religious freedom.
Steven D. Smith, 1999
2
The Law Fulfilled: Why God's Appointed Feasts Were ...
The analysis executed in The Law Fulfilled is not only thorough in defining and computing the mathematical word problems that identify these important dates in the life of Christ, but unlike other works, its accuracy is validated by the ...
Carol Marie, 2009
3
The Speaker's Guide to 40 Years of General Conference
N. Eldon Tanner We have all been foreordained 77d N. Eldon Tanner All of us foreordained Nov 1975 74d Bruce R. McConkie All who have calls to minister were foreordained May 1982 32f Vaughn J. Featherstone Must forgive every soul on ...
James Kerns
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The Methodist Review
Dr. A. presents in five points the “sunny side” of election; we will present what he has carefully omitted, the parallel “night Of what use in explaining our responsibility for a foreordained. side ” of reprobation: SUNNY SIDE. “1. All men if left to ...
5
The Evangelical Repository
It is necessary to observe further that something like inspiration is claimed for the Assembly's answer — "The decrees of God are his eternal purpose, according to the counsel of his will, whereby, for his own glory, he hath foreordained ...
6
The Religion Clauses of the First Amendment: Guarantees of ...
See his Foreordained Failure: The Quest for a Constitutional Principle of Religious Freedom (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1995). 2. See, e.g., Kent Greenawalt, “Common Sense about Original and Subsequent Understandings of the ...
Ellis M. West, 2011
7
The History of the Church of Scotland: From the Reformation ...
I. What I do you deny our Contession of Faith and Catechisms? that " God from all eternity, predestinated, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and angels unto everlasting life, and foreordained others to everlasting death ;' that ' the ...
Thomas Stephen, 1844
8
The Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation
In both Ephesians 1.5 and 1.11 the word “foreordained” is used. In verse 5 we read: “Having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will”—This shows us that we are ...
Watchman Nee, 1980
9
The Spirit of the Pilgrims
Besides — Is it proper to say that a parent has foreordained, purposed, or decreed the disobedience of his children, merely because he did not destroy their lives as soon as they were born, or shut them up in perpetual imprisonment ? And is it ...
10
The Timeless Age of God
world, the transformation of their fleshly bodies—later in time at the resurrection— is certain and “foreordained.” We find a similar passage in the book of 1 Peter. The apostle wrote that the “Lamb” was also “foreordained”: “But with the precious  ...
Russell Redden, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOREORDAINED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term foreordained is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Opinion: How baseball saved an 11-year-old
They were on the front lines of a generational counterattack. As their homeschooled, firstborn son, my place in the battle was foreordained. «Cincinnati.com, Jul 15»
2
Is Talensi a precursor of 2016? - Graphic Online
Therefore, it was imperative and foreordained that a better strategy would have been to used the opportunity to cement a 2012 strategy by ... «Graphic Online, Jul 15»
3
Steve Smith to anchor Australia's Ashes hopes
His rise now seems foreordained but it could easily have never been. With the northern series already lost for Australia entering Game 5 at the ... «The Roar, Jul 15»
4
Why the Greeks rejected Europe's bailout
Nationalist opposition to the troika was not foreordained, however. Greeks, many of whom also identify as European, were willing to bear some ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
5
Amick: Aldridge-Lillard Dynamic Was Complicated
In this sense, Aldridge's discontent was foreordained. It also makes the more understated, team-oriented approach to San Antonio's PR make ... «Blazer's Edge, Jul 15»
6
Open source lives! The R project is the real deal
Once open source became a big deal it was just a matter of time until it became big business. When we crossed that line, it was foreordained ... «InfoWorld, Jul 15»
7
Court Allows Gambling-Shakedown Claims to Advance
2013), which she said “makes our determination pretty much foreordained.” Berzon wrote: “To the contrary, as the tribal defendants invoked ... «Metropolitan News-Enterprise, Jul 15»
8
S. Korea holds significant stakes in South China Sea issue: Burns
"But conflict with China is not foreordained, and it is neither the purpose nor intention of U.S. policy to contain China or create a wedge between ... «Yonhap News, Jun 15»
9
Young Utah author working on sequel to fantasy novel
Aaron Hall, 23, of St. George, independently published “Foreordained” in 2014 and is now writing a sequel. Hall is also studying film and public ... «KSL.com, Jun 15»
10
Hate: The Default Emotion
... be innate…if we enter the world with a suspicion and malice toward those who are different from ourselves…we are foreordained to continue ... «Naples Herald, Jun 15»

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