predetermine Definition
pre·deter·mine (prē′dē tʉr′mən)
predetermine Related Forms
pre′·deter′·mi·nate (-mə nit) adjective
pre′·deter′·mi·na′·tion noun
predetermine Synonyms
predetermine Usage Examples
Object
- interval: At predetermined time intervals the clock will wake up the onboard microprocessor.
- attendance: Section A To Review the response of Aerial Appliances to existing predetermined attendances ( PDA ) based on risk.
- criterion: Reviewers are invited to judge abstracts against predetermined criteria.
- outcome: We have set out on that with no predetermined outcomes.
- conclusion: There is no predetermined conclusion for the viewer to pursue; their interpretation should be based on personal viewing experience.
- schedule: CAT has options to buy out, under a predetermined schedule, any royalty obligation which CAT may have in respect of HUMIRA.
Subject
- author: The user is encouraged to make decisions based on a limited set of rules predetermined by the author of the program.
- condition: Such features are largely predetermined by the conditions and timescales of magma storage and differentiation prior to eruption.
Modifying Another Word
- no: There is no predetermined number of applications or tools to be selected.
- largely: Other aspects of the technology were similarly largely predetermined.
- already: Who those others are is already predetermined to some extent by the academy.
- not: The result is not inevitably a nightmare; in fact it is not predetermined in any way.
- genetically: Their behavior in any situation is governed by genetically predetermined responses to certain forms of stimulation.
- all: So when I choose, I imagine I'm choosing, but really it's all predetermined.
Used with why or when
what: There's no way you can predetermine what shot to play.
Infinitive complement
love: We don't know the answer to that except that He predetermined to love us and by loving us to draw us to Himself.
Preposition: by
Browse dictionary entries near predetermine
- ‹ predestine
- ‹ predestination
- ‹ predestinate
- ‹ predestinarian
- ‹ predesignate
- ‹ predecessor
- ‹ predecease
- ‹ predatory lending
- ‹ predatory
- ‹ predator
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