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predetermined

ADJECTIVE
decided in advance
Synonyms
STRONGEST
fixed prearranged
STRONG
agreed arranged calculated deliberate destined determined doomed fated foreordained planned predestined premeditated preordained proposed set settled
WEAK
cut and dried foredestined forethought precogitated preplanned set up
Antonyms
STRONG
flexible
WEAK
unarranged undetermined unplanned unsettled

Example Sentences

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And I find with my younger audience, they don't have this predetermined bias for what they're meant to enjoy.

From BBC • May 2, 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 main risk is that by locking your money away in exchange for a monthly income at a predetermined interest rate, you are at the mercy of a massive surge in inflation and interest rates.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

“It’s all pretext and obfuscation when the real agenda is rejecting conventional science and serving a predetermined anti-vaccine agenda,” Richard Hughes IV, a law professor at George Washington University, told The Guardian.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

Or, it occurs to me, one of five predetermined ways.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth