0 present participle of predetermine
1 to decide or arrange something at an earlier time:
It's impossible to say how much a person's behaviour is predetermined by their genes.
That is, predetermining the sort of answer we will look for and therefore find.
Furthermore, with the potential for advanced genetic engineering not far behind, what sorts of interventions might society allow in terms of predetermining physical, mental, or emotional characteristics of unborn children?
The story said that the ombudsman criticised the councillors for meeting in private and predetermining the planning application.
We are asked to pass a motion predetermining the situation.
We are not predetermining anything: nothing is ruled in and nothing is ruled out, as the saying goes.
He is predetermining that the industry will be typified by the obsolescence of its equipment.
The first objective is that of predetermining the solutions and therefore of guaranteeing legal certainty to the citizens and to the economic operators that are victims of torts.
I have always thought that the predetermining conditions were almost at birth, depending on the condition of the family and the extent of love within that family.
