1. Established or prearranged unalterably
   "it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world";
   - foreordained, predestinate

1. Determine future events beforehand
   "God does not predestine a transgression";
   - foreordain, preordain
    
2. Decree or determine beforehand
   "Some believe that our fates are predestined"
    
3. (theology) foreordain by divine will or decree
   "Some believe that God has predestined certain souls for salvation";
   - predestinate, foreordain

See also: certain, sure

Type of: ordain, predetermine

Encyclopedia: Predestined