PREDETERMINE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they predetermine ... he / she / it predetermines

Past simple: predetermined

Past participle: predetermined

-ing form: predetermining

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to be biased

Synonyms:

bias; predetermine

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "predetermine" is one way to...):

prejudice; prepossess (influence (somebody's) opinion in advance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "predetermine"):

angle; slant; weight (present with a bias)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Determine beforehand

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "predetermine" is one way to...):

determine; influence; mold; regulate; shape (shape or influence; give direction to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "predetermine"):

foreordain; predestine; preordain (foreordain or determine beforehand)

foreordain; predestinate; predestine (foreordain by divine will or decree)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE

Derivation:

predetermination (the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place)

predetermination (a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something)

predetermination ((theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind))