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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of predetermine.
  • adjective determined in advance

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  • adjective set in advance

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Examples

  • 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 2010

  • 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.

    Mr Chartwell by Rebecca Hunt – review Clare Clark 2010

  • 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.

    Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995

  • 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.

    Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 2003

  • 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.

    Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 2003

  • ARBER, NATHANS and SMITH (1978) discovered the enzymes with which it is possible to cut a DNA molecule in predetermined places.

    The Nobel Stamps of 1989 1989

  • However, each single cell can only produce antibodies with a certain predetermined specificity.

    Physiology or Medicine 1984 - Press Release 1984

  • 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 1972

  • 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.

    Our Unforgettable Mission 1944

  • The chances are zero – that’s because she is ideologically required to come only to certain predetermined conclusions.

    Matthew Yglesias » Libertarian Economist Denounces Rescue Package, Admits He Doesn’t Know What He’s Talking About 2009

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