Definitions
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- v. Simple past tense and past participle of predetermine.
- adj. determined in advance
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. set in advance
Etymologies
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Examples
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His depression is a long-established beast, its terms of engagement predetermined from the outset of the book and subject to only the sketchiest of examinations.
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You could require it only be taken out for use in predetermined milieus — someone visits a theater with it, another a restaurant at which a call is to be made and received, another on a day hike through the Santa Cruz hills to test reception, and so on.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Next iPhone — and the Criminal Law Angle
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Individual behavior in an organization is relatively stable and predictable because organizational structure is characterized by predetermined goals, prescribed roles, an authority structure, rules and regulations, and informal patterns.
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ARBER, NATHANS and SMITH (1978) discovered the enzymes with which it is possible to cut a DNA molecule in predetermined places.
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However, each single cell can only produce antibodies with a certain predetermined specificity.
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One served to clamp the voltage in predetermined steps, the other to measure the current produced during activity.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1963 - Presentation Speech
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The antiaircraft guns at Hamburg were not firing at individual aircraft, but instead were set up to fire in predetermined grid blocks over the target we were to bomb.
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The chances are zero – that’s because she is ideologically required to come only to certain predetermined conclusions.
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Of course, this is a major philosophical question – if everything is in reality deterministic, isn’t everything we do or think predetermined from the very beginning of time?
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High food prices are therefore what scenario planners would call a 'predetermined element' - something we should expect for a decade at least, until supply conditions fundamentally adjust.
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