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Discover LudwigThe word ‘pre-ordained’ is correct and usable in written English
It refers to something that has been determined or arranged in advance by a higher power or authority. Example: The outcome of the trial seemed pre-ordained, as all evidence pointed towards the defendant's guilt. In this example, the use of 'pre-ordained' suggests that the final decision or result was already decided beforehand, possibly by a higher power or by fate.
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But nothing is pre-ordained.
Still, failure is not pre-ordained.
This year is starting to feel pre-ordained again.
"Many of its results were in many respects pre-ordained".
To begin with, Nora stuck to her pre-ordained role as a background figure.
In some ways, this has all felt like some pre-ordained endgame, following the Spitzer fiasco.
The shirts are cheaper and the outcome of each match is not pre-ordained.
Boris Johnson was the pre-ordained and presumed frontrunner for the Tory leadership.
That is possible but nothing about this old tournament is ever entirely pre-ordained.
I think the combination of my voice and my look was pre-ordained".
"The triumph of McDonald's and its imitators was by no means pre-ordained".
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