predetermine
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin praedēterminō;[1] equivalent to pre- + determine.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]predetermine (third-person singular simple present predetermines, present participle predetermining, simple past and past participle predetermined)
- (transitive) To determine or decide in advance.
- 1688, Matthew Hale, A Discourse of the Knowledge of God and of Ourselves:
- God's Counsel doth not predetermine the Will to any evil
- (transitive) To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.
Usage notes
[edit]- The verb predetermine itself is not as common as the related participial adjective predetermined.
Synonyms
[edit]- (determine in advance): foredetermine, preplan, designate
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to determine in advance
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References
[edit]- ^ “predetermine, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]predetermine
- inflection of predeterminar: