the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of predetermining; preordination; previous determination to a given course or end.
n. The state of being previously determined; a state wherein each act or event is dependent upon antecedent conditions.
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n. (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)
n. a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something
n. the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place
Word Usage
"I've only ever watched it here with theferrett and zoethe , but what strikes me about it is the credit sequence, the faded future photographs of people we watch living in the present, a kind of predetermination in sun damage."