prepense

adjective

Definition of prepensenext
as in premeditated

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prepense
  1. premeditated
  2. deliberate
  3. calculated
  4. considered
  5. advised
  6. studied
  7. aforethought
  8. intentional
Adjective
  • Both men have been detained on suspicion of premeditated murder.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2026
  • State Attorney’s Office prosecutors originally charged Bradly Shawn Shadduck, 56, with second-degree murder, but the grand jury indictment supersedes that charge, and he is now being held without bond on premeditated murder.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026
Definition of premeditated
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
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
Adjective
  • Others had a tight, considered design, especially the islands meant to highlight a specific weapon or gadget.
    — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • The considered yes is not recklessness.
    — Annette Logan-Parker, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of considered
Adjective
  • Meaningful persuasion requires the suspension of some short-term interests for the sake of long-term interests, which is why coercive economic statecraft among allies is ill advised.
    — MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2025
  • The wind screens deflect a fair amount of wind (and rain), but Super 3 drivers are well advised to wear some form of eye protection.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 15 June 2022
Definition of advised
Adjective
  • The root of this dysfunction goes back to Greenspan and his studied incoherence.
    — George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • One hopes that Sean has learned his lesson about settling into a couple too quickly, because later in the day, Kenzie is pulled for a chat by our resident Lothario, Gabriel — which Bea observes with studied disinterest.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 5 June 2026
Definition of studied
Adjective
  • Had Styles — either completely by accident or with malice aforethought — unleashed a mouthful of spit upon his elder co-star?
    — Vulture, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Depraved-indifference murder is not supposed to be a sleight-of-hand that elevates manslaughter to murder, or that effectively turns an unintentional killing into an intentional murder by substituting depraved indifference for malice aforethought.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 7 Mar. 2021
Definition of aforethought
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
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“Prepense.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prepense. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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