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premeditated

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Planned, considered, or estimated in advance; deliberate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • premeditated assault
  • a premeditated act of aggression
  • a premeditated breach of contract
  • in the face of premeditated criminal acts
  • caused by grossly negligent or premeditated infringement of duty
  • There is no proof of premeditated or grossly negligent wrongdoing.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: nonpremeditated, unpremeditated

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of premeditate

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

characterized by deliberate purpose and some degree of planning

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a premeditated crime

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unpremeditated

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُتَعَمَّد (mutaʕammad) — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Arabic: مُبَيَّت (mubayyat) — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Arabic: مَدْرُوس (madrūs) — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Arabic: مُدَبَّر (mudabbar) — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Arabic: عَن سَبْق إِصْرَار (ʕan sabq ʔiṣrār) — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Bulgarian: предумишлен (predumišlen) — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Catalan: premeditat — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有預謀的 /有预谋的 (yǒu yùmóu de) — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Dutch: opzettelijk — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Dutch: met opzet — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Dutch: met voorbedachte rade — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Finnish: suunniteltu — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Finnish: harkittu — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • French: prémédité — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • German: vorsätzlich — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • German: mit Vorsatz — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • German: geplant — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • German: vorher überlegt — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Icelandic: yfirlagður — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Icelandic: að yfirlögðu ráði — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Italian: premeditato — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Latin: meditātus — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Malay: terancang — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Polish: rozmyślny — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Polish: umyślny — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Portuguese: premeditado — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Romanian: premeditat — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Romanian: deliberat — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Russian: предумы́шленный (predumýšlennyj) — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Russian: преднаме́ренный (prednamérennyj) — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Russian: умы́шленный (umýšlennyj) — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Spanish: premeditado — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Spanish: alevoso — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Spanish: aleve — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Swedish: överlagd — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Turkish: kasıtlı — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Turkish: kasti — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
  • Turkish: taammüdi — planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate