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

Jurors rejected a theory that the stabbing was in self-defense, but also declined to convict Medizabal of premeditated murder, records show. —Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025

Those old-fashioned TV-show plots with a premeditated murder committed for some explicable reason, that’s really an anachronism. —Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025

Nigel Edge was arrested Saturday on charges including first-degree murder in what police are calling a premeditated attack. —Chris Arnold, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025

However, prosecutors argued that there was no evidence of abuse and that the murder was a premeditated effort to keep Doug from seeing their child. —Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 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