premeditated

adjective

pre·​med·​i·​tat·​ed (ˌ)prē-ˈme-də-ˌtā-təd 

: characterized by fully conscious willful intent and a measure of forethought and planning

premeditated murder

premeditatedly adverb

Examples of premeditated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The two were arrested Friday and charged as adults with premeditated first-degree murder while armed. —Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025

Prosecutors claimed the brothers carried out a cold-blooded, premeditated scheme to inherit their parents’ money. —Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025

Hooper now 54, was convicted by a jury at trial in 1998 of premeditated murder, felony murder while committing burglary and felony murder while committing kidnapping in connection with the death of Ann Prazniak, 77. —Jack Dura The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2025

Powered by the ‘PREDICT’ algorithm – trained on decades of personal digital data – law enforcement is now able to flag suspects for imminent violent crime, from premeditated acts to unconscious crimes of passion. —Jennifer Maas, Variety, 12 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1583, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for premeditated

• abbreviated
• accelerated
• accentuated
• accommodated
• acculturated
• accumulated
• acidulated
• adjudicated
• administrated
• adulterated
• affiliated
• agglomerated

Legal Definition

premeditated

adjective

pre·​med·​i·​tat·​ed

: having been thought about at some point before being committed

any premeditated killing

also : having been formed prior to commission of the act

with premeditated malice

compare deliberate