predetermine
verb (used with object)
to settle or decide in advance.
predetermination
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a word derived from
predetermine.
Example Sentences
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As for his Alzheimer’s risk, Hemsworth emphasized that while his DNA gives a “strong indication” of what could happen, it’s not a predetermination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
Grahame Wright, the standards committee's independent chairman, said the panel had rejected accusations of "bias and predetermination" in the process.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2021
There is comfort in subsuming your sense of individuality to a larger sentiment of prescription and predetermination.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 1, 2019
Imagine for a moment if league counsel Jeff Pash’s notes and communications with so-called independent investigator Wells showed partiality, that the league operated from a predetermination that Brady and the hated, envied Patriots were guilty?
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2016
We may illustrate the principles of this predetermination by a simple example.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
