premeditated 1 of 2

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
Originally held on weapons charges, the man is now also charged with premeditated homicide and for allegedly stealing over 10,000 euros ($11,500) from the victim's accounts. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026 Now 54-year-old Dwain Hall of Ocala, Florida, faces charges of premeditated, first-degree murder and kidnapping. — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026 He was booked into Broward County’s Main Jail on premeditated murder and trespassing charges and is being held without bond pending trial, according to corrections records. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026 Dusty Ray Spencer, 74, was convicted in 1992 of the premeditated murder of his wife, Karen Spencer, just outside of her west Orange County home earlier that year. — Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 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
  • What The Band Has Done Well The pacing was patient, and that patience appears deliberate.
    — Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The encounter affirmed that things were falling into place, Lee said, adding that moments like that must be accompanied by deliberate and strategic work.
    — April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of deliberate
Verb
  • Formulations intended for pain treatment include injections and transdermal patches that release the drug gradually through the skin.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The policy is intended to reduce potential overlap between related campaigns.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of intended
Adjective
  • Authorities do not believe the incident was intentional, according to the release.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Success is the compound effect of intentional actions repeated over time.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of intentional
Verb
  • Even in the midst of this global struggle, Roosevelt contemplated the future and envisioned the critical role that a new United Nations might play.
    — John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The five trusts also contemplated that two-thirds of the children could vote to terminate a trust.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of contemplated
Adjective
  • Sullivan agreed to include instructions on voluntary manslaughter but not the Bowden charge.
    — Sumiko Corley, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Water cuts split states Under the new rules, four states – Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming – are allowed to implement voluntary water reductions instead of mandatory cuts.
    — James Powel, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of voluntary
Verb
  • The Zodiac characters appear on lotus leaves like the ones the Buddha meditated on.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of meditated
Adjective
  • Interestingly, none of our 25 calculated ‘breaches’ outside of the pandemic years saw a club exceed the 115 per cent threshold, which would now incur a sporting sanction.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • For decades, departments like finance, operations and product have operated under this standard of calculated risk.
    — Tobin Thomas, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of calculated
Verb
  • This new technology is primarily aimed at large organizations such as customs agencies, alcohol producers and distributors, and food safety authorities.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 31 Aug. 2026
  • From the operator’s perspective, our node looked like any other regular residential endpoint serving customer traffic; from the inside, every attempt aimed to reach an ADB port through our node was captured.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
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“Premeditated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premeditated. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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