predeterminableadj.
/ˌpriːdᵻˈtəːmᵻnəbl/, U.S. /ˌpridəˈtərmənəb(ə)l/ That may be determined in advance; capable of being predetermined.
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the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [adjective] > predetermining
fore-appointing1589
forepointing1589
fateda1616
predeterminant1677
predeterminative1677
predeterminablea1834
foreordaining1864
the mind > will > decision > [adjective] > determining, deciding, fixing, or settling > capable of being predetermined
predeterminablea1834
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Marginalia (1980) I. 337 Now as these are not foreknowable, the case itself cannot be pre-determinable.
1901 Daily Mail 31 Dec. 5 The sex of future man will be predeterminable. For a time one sex will predominate, then another.
1942 Accounting Rev. 17 385/2 Necessarily slow turnover precludes buying and selling of the same physical units against a definite or predeterminable price relationship.
1992 Population & Devel. Rev. 18 158 The North American Republic would, in view of the great fertility of the negro, become black in quite a short, predeterminable time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.a1834- entrance examination
- entrance fee
- entrance form
- entrance foyer
- entrance gate
- entrance hall
- entrance hallway
- entrance hole
- entrance lodge
- entrance money
- entrance passage
- entrance porch
- entrance pupil
- entrance ramp
- entrance road
- entrance scholarship
- entrance test
- entrance ticket
- entrance wound
- entrance-fee
- entranced
- entrancedly
- entrancefee
- entrancement
- entrancements