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Grammar : Adj
Spell : pree-di-tur-min
Phonetic Transcription : ˌpri dɪˈtɜr mɪn



Definition of predetermined

Origin :
  • 1620s, originally theological, from pre- + determine or else from Late Latin praedeterminare (Augustine). Related: Predetermined; predetermining; predeterminate.
  • adj decided in advance
Example sentences :
  • But no given transformation can be proved to be necessary (predetermined).
  • Extract from : « Evolution in Modern Thought » by Ernst Haeckel
  • They made swift, careful inspections of predetermined points.
  • Extract from : « Morale » by Murray Leinster
  • But we were off our predetermined course, with a side-drift toward the enemy.
  • Extract from : « Wandl the Invader » by Raymond King Cummings
  • It was predetermined by the decrees of heaven that you were not to take me with you in your flight.
  • Extract from : « Romulus, Makers of History » by Jacob Abbott
  • The trial was a farce, because it had been predetermined that Brousson should die.
  • Extract from : « The Huguenots in France » by Samuel Smiles.
  • Of course, the evolution of the organic world cannot be predetermined as a whole.
  • Extract from : « Creative Evolution » by Henri Bergson
  • A better reason was, I had predetermined not to give him a single sou.
  • Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books, Volume 19 » by Various
  • On occasion this, also, will have been predetermined by the higher commander.
  • Extract from : « Sound Military Decision » by U.s. Naval War College
  • Rick glanced at his watch, then banked around on the predetermined course.
  • Extract from : « Smugglers' Reef » by John Blaine
  • It is only a name for the predetermined movement from the acorn to the oak tree.
  • Extract from : « Reconstruction in Philosophy » by John Dewey

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