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predetermines

predetermines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of predetermine.

Meaning of predetermine

Verb

predetermine (third-person singular simple present predetermines, present participle predetermining, simple past and past participle predetermined)

  1. (transitive) To determine or decide in advance.
    • God's Counsel doth not predetermine the Will to any evil1688, Matthew Hale, A Discourse of the Knowledge of God and of Ourselves
  2. (transitive) To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.

Questions about predetermines

What is predetermines the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Predetermines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of predetermine.

Words near predetermines in the dictionary

  1. predetermined
  2. predeterminedly
  3. predeterminedness
  4. predeterminer
  5. predeterminers
  6. predetermines
  7. predetermining
  8. predeterminism
  9. predeterminisms
  10. predeterministic
  11. predetonation

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