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Predestinate

Predestinated; foreordained; fated.

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Certain 84% connected

Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Certain 84% connected

Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Sure 84% connected

Certainly knowing and believing; confident beyond doubt; implicity trusting; unquestioning; positive.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Sure 84% connected

Certainly knowing and believing; confident beyond doubt; implicity trusting; unquestioning; positive.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

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Predetermine 76% connected

To determine (something) beforehand.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Synonym 3

Foreordain 92% connected

To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Predestine 92% connected

To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Predestined 92% connected

of Predestine

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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