predestine
/pɹeˈdɛstɪn/
predestine verb: to determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.
Verb
predestine (third-person singular simple present predestines, present participle predestining, simple past and past participle predestined)
predestine meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Vietnamese
predestine in Tamil
- முற்குறி
predestine in Bengali
- আগে থেকে স্থির করা
predestine in Vietnamese
- to determine the future of something in advance
- định trước, an bài
Forms of predestine
| third-person singular present | predestines |
|---|---|
| present participle | predestining |
| past participle | predestined |
| past | predestined |
Origin of predestine
From Old French prédestiner, from Medieval Latin praedestinare. By surface analysis, pre- + destine. Displaced native Old English foreteohhian.
Words formed from predestine
Words that rhyme with predestine
Questions about predestine
- What does predestine mean?
- Predestine means to determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.
- What is predestine in Tamil?
- Predestine in Tamil is முற்குறி. See Predestine meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is predestine?
- Predestine is a verb.
- How do you pronounce predestine?
- Predestine is pronounced /pɹeˈdɛstɪn/.
- What is the past tense of predestine?
- The past tense of predestine is predestined.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: predestine (page history and authors); predestine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); predestine (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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