Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To determine or decide in advance.

    determine beforehand

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

Examples

17 sentences

  1. Are our destinies predetermined?

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  2. You can't predetermine things like fate.

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  3. Is the future predetermined or flexible?

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  4. That which is predetermined will always find its way.

    deDas, was vorbestimmt ist, wird immer seinen Weg finden.

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  5. Since middle school he was predetermined to become a famous person.

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Translations

5 languages

Origin

From Latin praedēterminō; equivalent to pre- + determine.

From Latin praedēterminō; equivalent to pre- + determine.

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Forms

predetermines, predetermining, predetermined, predetermined
Base formpredetermine · to predetermine
3rd person singularpredetermines
Present participlepredetermining
Past simplepredetermined
Past participlepredetermined

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypredetermine
he, she, itpredetermines

Past simpleLesson

all personspredetermined

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave predetermined
he, she, ithas predetermined

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill predetermine

Synonyms

4 synonyms
determine in advance:foredeterminepreplandesignate
Close in meaning
  • cause to be biased:bias

Word family

3 related words
Relatedpredeterminedpredetermination
Derivedpredeterminism

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
predeceasepredecessorC1predestinationpredestinepredicamentB2predicateB2
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