English-Thai Dictionary

predetermine

VT กำหนด ไว้ ล่วงหน้า  destine predestine fate doom kam-nod-luang-na

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PREDETERMINE

v.t.[pre and determine. ] 1. To determine beforehand; to settle in purpose or counsel.
If God foresees events, he must have predetermined them.
2. To doom by previous decree.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PREDETERMINE

Pre `de *ter "mine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predetermined; p. pr. & vb. n.Predermining.] Etym: [Pref. pre- + determine: cf. F. prédéterminer.]

 

1. To determine (something ) beforehand. Sir M. Hale.

 

2. To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.

 

PREDETERMINE

PREDETERMINE Pre `de *ter "mine, v. i.

 

Defn: To determine beforehand.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

predetermine

pre de ter mine |ˌprēdiˈtərmən priːdɪˈtɜːrmɪn | ▶verb [ with obj. ] establish or decide in advance: closed questions almost predetermine the response given | (as adj. predetermined ) : a predetermined level of spending. • (usu. be predetermined ) predestine (an outcome or course of events ): a strong sense that life had been predetermined. DERIVATIVES pre de ter min a ble adjective, pre de ter mi nate |-ˈtərmənit |adjective, pre de ter mi na tion |-ˌtərməˈnāSHən |noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from late Latin praedeterminare, from prae ‘beforehand ’ + determinare ‘limit, settle. ’

 

predeterminer

pre de ter min er |ˌprēdiˈtərmənər priːdɪˈtɜːrmɪnər | ▶noun Grammar a word or phrase that occurs before a determiner, typically quantifying the noun phrase, for example both or a lot of .

 

Oxford Dictionary

predetermine

pre |de ¦ter |mine |priːdɪˈtəːmɪn | ▶verb [ with obj. ] establish or decide in advance: closed questions almost predetermine the response given | (as adj. predetermined ) : a predetermined level of spending. • predestine (an outcome or course of events ): a strong sense that life had been predetermined. DERIVATIVES predeterminable adjective, predeterminate |-nət |adjective, predetermination |-ˈneɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from late Latin praedeterminare, from prae ‘beforehand ’ + determinare ‘limit, settle ’.

 

predeterminer

pre |de ¦ter |miner |priːdɪˈtəːmɪnə | ▶noun Grammar a word or phrase that occurs before a determiner, typically quantifying the noun phrase, for example both or a lot of .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

predetermined

predetermined adjective 1 a predetermined budget: prearranged, established in advance, preset, set, fixed, agreed. 2 our predetermined fate: predestined, preordained.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

predetermined

predetermined adjective 1 they are expected to manage their departments with a predetermined budget: prearranged, arranged /established in advance, set, fixed, preset, pre-agreed, pre-established, pre-planned, pre-decided, agreed, settled. 2 our predetermined fate: predestined, preordained, foreordained, fated.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

predetermine

pre de ter mine /prìːdɪtə́ː r mən /動詞 他動詞 …を前もって決める [方向を定める, 仕向ける ].pr è de t é r mined 形容詞 前もって決められた .

 

predeterminer

pr è de t é r min er 名詞 C 〘文法 〙前限定詞 〘all the booksのall, both his parentsのbothのように, 限定詞 (a, the, this, hisなど )の前に置かれる語 〙.