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adjective

Definition of premeditatednext
as in deliberate
done or made according to a plan; planned in advance premeditated murder The attack was premeditated.

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verb

past tense of premeditate
as in intended

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Recent Examples of premeditated
Adjective
Fravel was sentenced to life in prison for premeditated murder. — Sydney Mook, Twin Cities, 30 Apr. 2026 He’s been charged with two counts of premeditated murder with a weapon, among other charges. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026 In terms of a possible motive, ‘alpine divorce’ can range from a premeditated act of malice to an impulsive, in-the-moment decision. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026 Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, is facing two counts of premeditated murder in the first degree with a weapon in the deaths of USF students Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. — Holly Ramer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for premeditated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for premeditated
  1. deliberate
  2. intended
  3. intentional
  4. contemplated
  5. voluntary
  6. meditated
  7. calculated
  8. aimed
Adjective
  • The design is open and clean, with a deliberate choice to draw the surrounding scenery deep into the interior of the home.
    — Bridget Borgobello July 03, New Atlas, 4 July 2026
  • Prosecutors call Hearn’s actions a deliberate, violent act causing more than $1,000 in damage, and his attorneys denounce the case as an alarming misuse of government power.
    — Lindsay Whitehurst, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of deliberate
Verb
  • The law primarily applies to rural and small towns along with affluent suburbs and is intended to boost the supply of housing available to people with below-average incomes.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026
  • No regular-season league matches in European football have previously been staged abroad, but Italy’s Serie A and La Liga, the top division of Spanish football, both had intended to do so last season.
    — Dominic Fifield, New York Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of intended
Adjective
  • In a confessional at the start of this week’s episode, Luke tries to redress his failure to communicate with Gen as an intentional attempt to guard Gen’s feelings in the middle of the charter.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 July 2026
  • What could be an intentional last chapter may instead become a roller coaster of hospitalizations and decisions made with incomplete information.
    — Jane Callahan, The Conversation, 14 July 2026
Definition of intentional
Verb
  • This ambitious strategy, known as marine cloud brightening (MCB), has been one of several geoengineering strategies contemplated as a way to counteract global warming.
    — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 8 July 2026
  • The story includes messages referring to the incident sent by Racicot two years later, before Platner contemplated running for office.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
Definition of contemplated
Adjective
  • With that mechanism scaled back, the credibility of voluntary disclosure now rests on the quality of what sits underneath it.
    — Joel Carboni, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Microsoft in April offered voluntary retirement to 7% of its US staff and said on Monday that more than 30% of eligible employees chose to participate.
    — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Definition of voluntary
Verb
  • Women meditated on Christ’s Passion, following its stages in prayers that drew power from their own physical suffering.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • Biss, who often speaks at the Memorial Day and Veterans Day events at Fountain Square, meditated this year on loss and sacrifice.
    — Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026
Definition of meditated
Adjective
  • Its language about seeking opportunity rather than security, taking calculated risks, building, falling, succeeding, and refusing to trade dignity for dependence captured, almost perfectly, how my father thought about America.
    — Phil Kafarakis, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • The question now is whether Warsh’s début was an early show of independence, a calculated bet, or the start of a very short honeymoon.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 23 June 2026
Definition of calculated
Verb
  • Another $2 million would fund an off-site residential security post aimed at making emergency responses faster, as well as increasing the number of Supreme Court police officers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
  • Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers on Monday evening start several weeks of late-night broadcasts aimed at reaching summer audiences, one of TV’s smallest pools of viewership.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 13 July 2026
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