If you say that something was ~, you mean that it could not have been prevented or changed because it had already been decided by a power such as God or fate.
His was not a political career ~ from birth...
ADJ
If you say that something was ~, you mean that it could not have been prevented or changed because it had already been decided by a power such as God or fate.
His was not a political career ~ from birth...
ADJ
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012