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to decide or arrange something at an earlier time: It's impossible to say how much a person's behaviour is predetermined by their genes. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Planning, expecting and arranging. accidentally on purpose idiom. advertent. advisedly. aim at something phrasal verb. bargain. conscious. cue.
pre·de·ter·mine. (prē′dĭ-tûr′mĭn) v. pre·de·ter·mined, pre·de·ter·min·ing, pre·de·ter·mines. v.tr. 1. To determine, decide, or establish in advance: "These factors predetermine to a large extent the outcome" (Jessica Mitford). 2. To influence or sway toward an action or opinion; predispose. v.intr.
predetermine something to decide something in advance so that it does not happen by chance. The sex of the embryo is predetermined at fertilization. The way in which surveys are carried out often predetermines the results that are obtained.
The meaning of PREDETERMINE is foreordain, predestine. How to use predetermine in a sentence.
adjective. They were to meet at a predetermined time and place. [=a time and place that they had agreed on earlier] PREDETERMINE meaning: to decide (something) before it happens or in advance.
to decide or arrange something at an earlier time: It's impossible to say how much a person's behavior is predetermined by their genes. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Planning, expecting and arranging. accidentally on purpose idiom. advertent. advisedly. aim at something. bargain. conscious. cue. game something out. hatch.
