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preordain

 
Dictionary: pre·or·dain   (prē'ôr-dān') pronunciation
tr.v., -dained, -dain·ing, -dains.
To appoint, decree, or ordain in advance; foreordain.

preordainment pre'or·dain'ment n.
preordination pre·or'di·na'tion (-ôr'dn-ā'shən) n.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: foreordain or determine beforehand
  Synonyms: predestine, foreordain


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forudse

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorbeschikken, van te voren bepalen

Français (French)
v. tr. - prescrire d'avance, (Relig, Philos) prédestiner, préétablir

Deutsch (German)
v. - vorherbestimmen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προκαθορίζω, προαλείφω

Italiano (Italian)
predeterminare, preordinare, prestabilire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - pré-ordenar

Русский (Russian)
предписывать, предопределять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - predeterminar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - på förhand bestämma

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
预定, 预先注定命运

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 預定, 預先注定命運

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 예정하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - あらかじめ定める, 予定する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يقضي, يقدر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חרץ מראש, הועיד מראש, גזר‬


 
 
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