predetermine

See also: prédéterminé, prédétermine, and predeterminé

English

Etymology

From Latin praedēterminō; equivalent to pre- +‎ determine.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹiː.dɪˈtɜː.mɪn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹiːdɪˈtɝ.mɪn/

Verb

predetermine (third-person singular simple present predetermines, present participle predetermining, simple past and past participle predetermined)

1. (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

2. (transitive) To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.

Usage notes

• The verb predetermine itself is not as common as the related participial adjective predetermined.

Synonyms

• (determine in advance): foredetermine, preplan, designate

Related terms

• predetermined

Translations

to determine in advance

• Bulgarian: предреша́вам (bg) impf (predrešávam), предреша́ pf (predrešá)
• Old English: foreteohhian
• Spanish: predeterminar (es)

Spanish

Verb

predetermine

1. inflection of predeterminar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative