predetermine

Other forms of predetermine

past tense

predetermined·

present participle

predetermining·

third person

predetermines·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about predetermine

What does predetermine mean?

predetermine means "determine beforehand". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in predetermine?

predetermine has 4 syllables: pre-de-ter-mine. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /ˌpɹidɪˈtɝmən/.

What is another word for predetermine?

Close synonyms include bias. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is predetermine a common word?

predetermine is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with predetermine?

1 word rhymes with predetermine. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.