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单词 foreordain
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Definition of foreordain in English:

foreordain

verb ˌfɔːrɔːˈdeɪnˌfɔrɔrˈdeɪn
[with object]
  • (of God or fate) appoint or decree (something) beforehand.

    progress is not foreordained
    Example sentencesExamples
    • These orders all seem to go to saying we can, as it were, foreordain a regime that will minimise the risk.
    • Perhaps it was foreordained that the freedom we get from our automobiles requires that we keep others in slavery.
    • Christ as the only mediator of the new covenant is the everlasting Son of God and was foreordained by the Father for his three-fold office.
    • Abraham learned that God had selected and foreordained many spirits to specific missions in mortality.
    • Even they, however, are ruled by fate, which foreordains that certain events definitely will take place.
    • By contrast, other degrees, say in literature or history, do not foreordain either a particular job or a defined career path.
    • It's about a battle over voting rights in the Reconstruction South that foreordained the election crisis of 1876, and everybody involved is dead.
    • And his unspeakably acute sufferings originated in the ineffable wisdom of the plan of God, who foreordained it and bestowed it on him.
    • We believe that the Bible teaches that God foreordained many things: to anoint Jesus as the Christ, to save the world through Jesus, to work with the Jews rather than some other group of people, to send Paul as a missionary, and so on.
    • They served as religious and political propaganda, asserting that the deity had foreordained the current situation and would ultimately ensure a favorable outcome for his people.
    • He said, ‘Some Christians have told lies, others have stolen: did God foreordain their sins?’
    • He questions how God is able to foreordain certain events based upon what he will do while not being able to foresee what the circumstances surrounding his action will be.
    • But there are works which God foreordained that we should walk in them.
    • They were not coeternal with him, yet they were foreknown, foreseen, and foreordained by him.
    • Furthermore, while these ideas and arguments are related to class position, and broadly limited by structural constraints generated by the political economy, they are not foreordained by them.
    • Remember that the political evolution of Britain toward democracy was not foreordained as of 1775.
    • This oversight foreordained friction for the remainder of the trip; for the pair fervently believed that all native Canadian women were salaciously promiscuous when proper motivation presented.
    • The purchaser of stock, of course, who must always bear in mind that stocks are never foreordained to go up or down.
    • We traditional Baptists believe in God's sovereignty, but we do not think that divine sovereignty entails that God foreordains everything.
    • Certainly, it is not foreordained that China will become an enemy of the United States and the democratic states of Asia and the Pacific, or even a global power.
    Synonyms
    predetermined, preordained, ordained, predestined, destined, fated
    rare predestinated

Derivatives

  • foreordination

  • nounˌfɔːrɔːdɪˈneɪʃ(ə)nfɔrˌɔrdəˈneɪʃ(ə)n
    • Firstly, the Scriptures affirm that Christ's redemptive work on earth was the culmination of God's planning and foreordination - which in its inception predated the foundation of the world.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The idea is that the word implies foreordination, which is unacceptable.
      • We believe that God never foreordained evil, only good, so that sin, suffering, and damnation are products of human choices rather than of divine foreordination.
      • The Biblical logic says that God's foreordination does not deprive man of freedom or responsibility.
      • Foreknowledge is not foreordination, predestination, or even predetermination (though these can be a result of foreknowledge).
 
 

Definition of foreordain in US English:

foreordain

verbˌfɔrɔrˈdeɪnˌfôrôrˈdān
[with object]
  • (of God or fate) appoint or decree (something) beforehand.

    progress is not foreordained
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Abraham learned that God had selected and foreordained many spirits to specific missions in mortality.
    • These orders all seem to go to saying we can, as it were, foreordain a regime that will minimise the risk.
    • Christ as the only mediator of the new covenant is the everlasting Son of God and was foreordained by the Father for his three-fold office.
    • They served as religious and political propaganda, asserting that the deity had foreordained the current situation and would ultimately ensure a favorable outcome for his people.
    • Remember that the political evolution of Britain toward democracy was not foreordained as of 1775.
    • Even they, however, are ruled by fate, which foreordains that certain events definitely will take place.
    • He said, ‘Some Christians have told lies, others have stolen: did God foreordain their sins?’
    • And his unspeakably acute sufferings originated in the ineffable wisdom of the plan of God, who foreordained it and bestowed it on him.
    • It's about a battle over voting rights in the Reconstruction South that foreordained the election crisis of 1876, and everybody involved is dead.
    • The purchaser of stock, of course, who must always bear in mind that stocks are never foreordained to go up or down.
    • We believe that the Bible teaches that God foreordained many things: to anoint Jesus as the Christ, to save the world through Jesus, to work with the Jews rather than some other group of people, to send Paul as a missionary, and so on.
    • By contrast, other degrees, say in literature or history, do not foreordain either a particular job or a defined career path.
    • Perhaps it was foreordained that the freedom we get from our automobiles requires that we keep others in slavery.
    • Furthermore, while these ideas and arguments are related to class position, and broadly limited by structural constraints generated by the political economy, they are not foreordained by them.
    • Certainly, it is not foreordained that China will become an enemy of the United States and the democratic states of Asia and the Pacific, or even a global power.
    • They were not coeternal with him, yet they were foreknown, foreseen, and foreordained by him.
    • This oversight foreordained friction for the remainder of the trip; for the pair fervently believed that all native Canadian women were salaciously promiscuous when proper motivation presented.
    • We traditional Baptists believe in God's sovereignty, but we do not think that divine sovereignty entails that God foreordains everything.
    • But there are works which God foreordained that we should walk in them.
    • He questions how God is able to foreordain certain events based upon what he will do while not being able to foresee what the circumstances surrounding his action will be.
    Synonyms
    predetermined, preordained, ordained, predestined, destined, fated
 
 
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