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adjective
- 1. established or decided in advance: "a predetermined level of spending" Similar
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decided or arranged at an earlier time: At a predetermined time, we'll all shout "Happy birthday, David !" When grain prices fall below a predetermined level, the government provides funds. See. predetermine. Fewer examples. The licence will expire after a predetermined number of years. The horse was sold for a predetermined price.
Anything predetermined has been decided or set up ahead of time. When you sit down to dinner with your family at a predetermined time, it means you all discussed when you'd be eating long before the meal was ready.
The meaning of PREDETERMINE is foreordain, predestine. How to use predetermine in a sentence.
Definition of predetermined adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. If you say that something is predetermined, you mean that its form or nature was decided by previous events or by people rather than by chance. The Prince's destiny was predetermined from the moment of his birth. The capsules can be made to release the pesticides at a predetermined time.
v.tr. 1. To determine, decide, or establish in advance: "These factors predetermine to a large extent the outcome" (Jessica Mitford). 2. To influence or sway toward an action or opinion; predispose. v.intr. To determine or decide something in advance. pre′de·ter′mi·nate (-mə-nĭt) adj. pre′de·ter′mi·na′tion n.
to decide or arrange something at an earlier time: It's impossible to say how much a person's behaviour is predetermined by their genes. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Planning, expecting and arranging. accidentally on purpose idiom. advertent. advisedly. aim at something. bargain. conscious. game something out.
predetermined meaning, definition, what is predetermined: decided or arranged before something hap...: Learn more.
If you say that something is predetermined, you mean that its form or nature was decided by previous events or by people rather than by chance. The prince's destiny was predetermined from the moment of his birth.
The verb predetermine means "determine in advance," like when you predetermine how much money you will spend on your friend's birthday present to make shopping easier. Predetermine comes from the Latin word praedeterminare, from prae, meaning “beforehand,” and determinare, meaning “limit, settle.”.
