Thesaurus results for PREDETERMINE

predetermine

verb

ˌprē-di-ˈtər-mən

as in to destine

to determine the fate of in advance religious sects that believe that an individual's salvation has been predetermined by God

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Recent Examples of predetermine The event, overseen by Chinese leader Xi Jinping, is tightly scripted and almost entirely predetermined to showcase a leadership hyperfocused on stability. —

Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC news, 5 Mar. 2026 By redrawing political lines to predetermine the outcome of House races, politicians rendered many of their voters irrelevant and obsolete. —

Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026 Now, so much is on contract and predetermined. —

José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 27 Feb. 2026 For more than a decade, families have raised concerns about course materials that frame America’s global role in a consistently lopsided way or assign students predetermined conclusions about controversial topics. —

Robert Casper, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for predetermine

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Gosling is a beautiful crier, and his character’s journey seems destined to end in tears.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
In other words, everything about you, including your body and mind, is destined to eventually break down.

— Big Think, Big Think, 12 Mar. 2026