Predetermined

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Predetermine \Pre`de*ter"mine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Predetermined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predermining}.] [Pref. pre-
     + determine: cf. F. pr['e]d['e]terminer.]
     1. To determine (something) beforehand. --Sir M. Hale.
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     2. To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  predetermined
       adj : set in advance; "a preset plan of action"; "at a
             predetermined time" [syn: {preset}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "predetermined":
     absolute, aforethought, apodictic, bound, certain, clear,
     clear and distinct, clear as day, conclusive, decisive, definite,
     destined, determinate, doomed, fated, fixed, foregone, forejudged,
     foreordained, forgone, in the cards, ineluctable, inevitable,
     judged beforehand, necessary, ordained, perfectly sure, positive,
     prearranged, preconceived, preconceptual, preconcluded,
     preconsidered, predecided, predeliberated, predestinate,
     predestined, predisposed, predispositional, prejudged, prejudging,
     prejudicial, premeditated, preordained, prepense, preresolved,
     presumed, presupposed, presurmised, set up, sure, sure-enough,
     true, unambiguous, unequivocal, univocal, unmistakable