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Pronunciation / Transliteration: vorherbestimmen
"Es schien, als ob ihr Erfolg vorherbestimmt war."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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To appoint or decree something beforehand; to predestine.
"Believers argued that their success was foreordained by fate."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from fore- (before) + ordain (from Old French ordener, from Latin ordinare).
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10 Global Lexicons: How "foreordain" is said worldwide
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prédestiner
Transliteration: predestiner
"Leurs destins semblaient prédestinés."
vorherbestimmen
Transliteration: vorherbestimmen
"Es schien, als ob ihr Erfolg vorherbestimmt war."
predestinare
Transliteration: predestinare
"Sembrava che il loro incontro fosse predestinato."
predestinar
Transliteration: predestinar
"Parecía que su victoria estaba predestinada."
predestinar
Transliteration: predestinar
"O destino deles parecia predestinado."
पूर्व-निर्धारित करना
Transliteration: poorv-nirdharit karna
"ऐसा लगा मानो उनका मिलन पूर्व-निर्धारित था।"
预定
Transliteration: yùdìng
"历史的轨迹似乎是命中注定、预定好的。"
예정하다
Transliteration: yejeonghada
"그들의 만남은 마치 예정된 것 같았다."
運命づける
Transliteration: unmeizukeru
"彼の成功はあらかじめ運命づけられているようだった。"
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