- past tense form of predetermine.
- past participle of predetermine.
predetermined
Example Sentences
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These vehicles are not fully autonomous, but independently follow a predetermined route.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
Pro wrestling is a realm where a man named John Cena plays a character named John Cena; the match outcomes are predetermined, but the personal stakes are huge.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
They pay their stated rate of income so long as the underlying asset doesn’t fall more than a predetermined percentage by certain dates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
The individual and team sport, also known as cup stacking or speed stacking, involves stacking nine to 12 specially-designed cups in predetermined sequences as quickly as possible.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
As Zola also sought to demonstrate in Les Rougon-Macquart, the trajectory of our lives is predetermined by our genetic inheritance.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
