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PREDETERMINE
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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))
