predetermine

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: pre=de=ter=mine

CIDE DICTIONARY

predetermine, v. t. [Pref. pre- + determine: cf. F. prédéterminer.].

•  To determine (something) beforehand.  Sir M. Hale.  [1913 Webster]
•  To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.  [1913 Webster]

predetermine, v. i. 

 To determine beforehand.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

predetermine, v.tr.
1 determine or decree beforehand.
2 predestine.

Derivative

predeterminable adj. predeterminate adj. predetermination n.

Etymology

LL praedeterminare (as PRAE-, DETERMINE)

THESAURUS

predetermine

be predisposed, calculate, destine, determine, fate, forejudge, foreordain, forethink, go off half-cocked, judge beforehand, jump the gun, plan, plot, preconceive, preconclude, preconsider, predecide, predestinate, predestine, preestablish, prejudge, premeditate, preordain, preresolve, presume, presuppose, presurmise, scheme, work out beforehand

ROGET THESAURUS

predetermine

Predetermination

VB predestine, preordain, predetermine, premeditate, resolve, concert, resolve beforehand, predesignate.

Plan

VB plan, scheme, design, frame, contrive, project, forecast, sketch, devise, invent, set one's wits to work, spring a project, fall upon, hit upon, strike out, chalk out, cut out, lay out, map out, lay down a plan, shape out a course, mark out a course, predetermine, concert, preconcert, preestablish, prepare, hatch, hatch a plot concoct, take steps, take measures, cast, recast, systematize, organize, arrange, digest, mature, plot, counter-plot, counter-mine, dig a mine, lay a train, intrigue.