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单词 predetermination
释义 pre·determination
\“+\ noun
Etymology: partly from predetermine + -ation, partly from pre- + determination
: the act of predetermining or the state of being predetermined: as
 a. archaic : a decision made beforehand especially without due consideration
 b. : the ordaining of events beforehand
 c. : predestination
  < the predetermination of God's will >
 d. : a previous mental determination : a purpose formed beforehand
 e. : a fixing or settling in advance
  < this is not an insinuation that there was any predetermination of such a sequence of developmental steps leading to ourselves — A.L.Kroeber >
 f. : the calculation or discovery of something beforehand
  < predetermination of the cost of construction >
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