premeditation

See also: préméditation

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praemeditātiō.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

premeditation (countable and uncountable, plural premeditations)

1. The act of planning or plotting something in advance, especially a crime.

   Synonym: malice aforethought

Translations

the act of planning or plotting

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: наўмы́снасць f (naŭmýsnascʹ)
• Danish: forsæt (da) n
• Dutch: beraming (nl), opzet (nl), voorbedachte raad, voorbedachtheid f
• French: préméditation (fr) f
• German: Vorsatz (de) m, Vorbedacht m, Vorsätzlichkeit f
• Italian: premeditazione (it) f
• Polish: premedytacja (pl) f
• Russian: предумы́шленность (ru) f (predumýšlennostʹ), преднаме́ренность (ru) f (prednamérennostʹ)
• Ukrainian: навми́сність f (navmýsnistʹ), уми́сність f (umýsnistʹ)

Middle French

Noun

premeditation f (plural premeditations)

1. preconsideration; pre-thought