Meanings
present singular third person predetermines · participle present predetermining · participle past predetermined · past predetermined
- transitiveTo determine or decide in advance.
God's Counsel doth not predetermine the Will to any evil
1688, Matthew Hale, A Discourse of the Knowledge of God and of Ourselves1 more example
That original list of 2,315 solutions was embedded in the game’s code. That means the game was playable offline and could be downloaded onto phones or computers. The solutions to the original Wordle game were predetermined through October 20, 2027. The New York Times (NYT) hasn’t said if it plans to make any more changes or additions to that initial list.
2022 February 15, David Goldman, “Why your Wordle answers might now be different than your friends’”, in CNN BusinessSynonyms: foredetermine, preplan, designate
- transitiveTo doom by previous decree; to foredoom.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo determine or decide in advance.
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinpraedēterminō
- Englishpredetermine
From Latin praedēterminō; equivalent to pre- + determine.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian предреша́вам, предреша́
- предреша́вам (predrešávam)to determine in advance
- предреша́ (predrešá)to determine in advance
Catalan predeterminar
- predeterminarto determine in advance
French prédéterminer
- prédéterminerto determine in advance
Italian prestabilire
- prestabilireto determine in advance
Latin praedēterminō
- praedēterminōto determine in advance
Polish przesądzać, przesądzić
- przesądzaćto determine in advance
- przesądzićto determine in advance
- wyznaczaćto determine in advance
- wyznaczyćto determine in advance
Portuguese predeterminar
- predeterminarto determine in advance
Spanish predeterminar
- predeterminarto determine in advance
Cite this entry
predetermine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predetermine
“predetermine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predetermine. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “predetermine,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predetermine.
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