verb
Meaning 1
To determine or decide in advance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
predetermine
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˌpɹiː.dɪˈtɜː.mɪn/
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US: /ˌpɹiːdɪˈtɝ.mɪn/
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CMU ARPABET: P R IY2 D IH0 T ER1 M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: P R IY2 D IY0 T ER1 M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
cause to be biased
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bias
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: prejudice, prepossess
Narrower terms: slant, angle, weight
verb
Meaning 4
determine beforehand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
Narrower terms: predestine, foreordain, preordain, predestinate
History
Etymology
From Latin praedēterminō; equivalent to pre- + determine.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: предреша́вам (predrešávam) — to determine in advance
- Bulgarian: предреша́ (predrešá) — to determine in advance
- Catalan: predeterminar — to determine in advance
- French: prédéterminer — to determine in advance
- Italian: prestabilire — to determine in advance
- Latin: praedēterminō — to determine in advance
- Old English: foreteohhian — to determine in advance
- Polish: przesądzać — to determine in advance
- Polish: przesądzić — to determine in advance
- Polish: wyznaczać — to determine in advance
- Polish: wyznaczyć — to determine in advance
- Portuguese: predeterminar — to determine in advance
- Spanish: predeterminar — to determine in advance