premeditated

[pri-med-i-tey-tid]

adjective

1. done deliberately; planned in advance.

   a premeditated murder.

Other Word Forms

• premeditatedly adverb
• unpremeditated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of premeditated¹

First recorded in 1580–90; pre- + meditate + -ed ²

Synonym Study

See deliberate.

Example Sentences

The prosecutor’s office added that early investigations indicated the attacks on government property were premeditated.

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When it came to the sentence that Prowell would receive, a probation officer wrote that his “callous and premeditated” crimes would have continued if he hadn’t been caught.

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“I killed Robert F. Kennedy willfully, premeditatedly, and with 20 years of malice aforethought,” he told the court, later explaining it was a reference to the 1948 birth of Israel.

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Sentencing the boy, Judge Rai told him his actions had been "extensively planned" and were "clearly premeditated".

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Pellegrino said he testified in court Wednesday and the pair were now facing more serious charges of premeditated attempted homicide.

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Related Words

• calculated 
• conscious 
• deliberate 
• intentional 
• willful