- past tense form of predetermine.
- past participle of predetermine.
predetermined
Example Sentences
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Other weeks, a predetermined number of decisions is enough.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
“It’s arriving at a situation, not a point” where your savings and investments hit a predetermined target.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
Smyth, one of two landlord representatives on the board, said the outcome had been predetermined by the mayor.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
These vehicles are not fully autonomous, but independently follow a predetermined route.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
We may be like the genetically different lines of mice, or like Hayflick’s different tissue-culture lines, programmed to die after a predetermined number of days, clocked by their genomes.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
