predetermining
present participle ofpredetermine
predetermine
verb[T]
formaluk/ˌpriː.dɪˈtɜː.mɪn/us/ˌpriː.dɪˈtɝː.mən/todecideorarrangesomething at anearliertime:
It'simpossibleto say how much a person'sbehaviouris predetermined bytheirgenes.
Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purposeidiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim atsomething
- bargain
- I might have knownidiom
- I'll/we'll cross that bridge when I/we come/get to itidiom
- insomeone'scrosshairsidiom
- in the pipelineidiom
- in the worksidiom
- pencil
- provision
- purposefully
- purposely
- put the cart before the horseidiom
- puttheirheads togetheridiom
- rearrange
- settle
- sleeve
Examplesofpredetermining
predetermining
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
That is,predeterminingthe sort of answer we will look for and therefore find.
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Furthermore, with the potential for advanced genetic engineering not far behind, what sorts of interventions might society allow in terms ofpredeterminingphysical, mental, or emotional characteristics of unborn children?
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The story said that the ombudsman criticised the councillors for meeting in private andpredeterminingthe planning application.
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We are asked to pass a motionpredeterminingthe situation.
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We are notpredetermininganything: nothing is ruled in and nothing is ruled out, as the saying goes.
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He ispredeterminingthat the industry will be typified by the obsolescence of its equipment.
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The first objective is that ofpredeterminingthe solutions and therefore of guaranteeing legal certainty to the citizens and to the economic operators that are victims of torts.
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I have always thought that thepredeterminingconditions were almost at birth, depending on the condition of the family and the extent of love within that family.
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It also constructs the poor as objects of charity,predeterminingtheir roles in civic society.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Both fatalism and predeterminism, by referring to the personal fate or to predetermined events strongly imply the existence of a "someone" or "something" that has done thepredetermining.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This conduct is most often associated with a professional who believes that his/her referral source will provide future business on the basis of receiving apredeterminingfinding.
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- paramilitary
- paramilitary operation
- paramilitary organization
- paramotor
- paramotoring
- paramount
- paramount chief
- paramount concern
- paramount duty
- paramount importance
- paramour
- paranoia
- paranoiac
- paranoid
- paranoid delusion
- paranoid personality
- paranoid schizophrenia
- paranoid-schizophrenia
- paranormal
- paranormal activity
- paranormal experience
- paranormal investigation
- paranormal investigation
- paranormal investigator