predetermine
Americanverb (used with object)
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to settle or decide in advance.
He had predetermined his answer to the offer.
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to ordain in advance; predestine.
She believed that God had predetermined her sorrow.
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to direct or impel; influence strongly.
His sympathy for poor people predetermined his choice of a career.
verb
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to determine beforehand
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to influence or incline towards an opinion beforehand; bias
Other Word Forms
- predetermination noun
- predeterminative adjective
- predeterminer noun
Etymology
Origin of predetermine
Example Sentences
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All these funds started out as nontraded entities—meaning that investors could sell only at predetermined times, as with Bluerock or Priority Income.
I didn’t have anything predetermined, but what I knew I wanted to do was something that was far removed from what I had done.
From Los Angeles Times
The Long Island-based firm, founded by the mathematician Jim Simons, uses machine learning and predetermined algorithms to bet on and against thousands of stocks at any given time.
They hold stocks, bonds and other assets in predetermined proportions, scaling down risk as investors age.
According to CNBC, Paramount's lawyers accused Warner Bros of undertaking "a myopic process with a predetermined outcome that favors a single bidder".
From BBC
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