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predetermining

predetermining is the present participle and gerund 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 predetermining

What is predetermining the present participle and gerund of?
Predetermining is the present participle and gerund of predetermine.

Words near predetermining in the dictionary

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

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