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- [pri-des-tuh-ney-shuh n, pree-des-]
- /prɪˌdɛs təˈneɪ ʃən, ˌpri dɛs-/
- /ˌpriː.des.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
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- [pri-des-tuh-ney-shuh n, pree-des-]
- /prɪˌdɛs təˈneɪ ʃən, ˌpri dɛs-/
Definitions of predestination word
- noun predestination an act of predestinating or predestining. 1
- noun predestination the state of being predestinated or predestined. 1
- noun predestination fate; destiny. 1
- noun predestination Theology. the action of God in foreordaining from eternity whatever comes to pass. the decree of God by which certain souls are foreordained to salvation. Compare election (def 4), double predestination. 1
- noun predestination religious idea: God's will 1
- uncountable noun predestination If you believe in predestination, you believe that people have no control over events because everything has already been decided by a power such as God or fate. 0
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Origin of predestination
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English predestinacioun < Late Latin praedestinātiōn- (stem of praedestinātiō). See predestinate, -ion
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Parts of speech for Predestination
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
predestination popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
predestination usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for predestination
verb predestination
- circumstanced — simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.
- cupped — hollowed like a cup; concave
- cupping — the process of applying a cupping glass to the skin
- dooming — fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
- lotted — one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
noun predestination
- constellation — A constellation is a group of stars which form a pattern and have a name.
- destiny — A person's destiny is everything that happens to them during their life, including what will happen in the future, especially when it is considered to be controlled by someone or something else.
- determinism — Determinism is the belief that all actions and events result from other actions, events, or situations, so people cannot in fact choose what to do.
- doom — fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
- fatalism — the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate: Her fatalism helped her to face death with stoic calm.
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