English > predetermine: 2 senses > verb 1, cognition| Meaning | Determine beforehand. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE |
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| Narrower | predestine, foreordain, preordain | foreordain or determine beforehand |
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| predestine, predestinate, foreordain | foreordain by divine will or decree |
| Broader | determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate | shape or influence |
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| Spanish | predeterminar |
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| Catalan | determinar per endavant, predeterminar |
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| Nouns | predetermination | the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place |
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| predetermination | a mental determination or resolve in advance |
| predetermination | (theology) being determined in advance |
