Definition of "predetermine" [pre•de•ter•mine]

• To determine, decide, or establish in advance: "These factors predetermine to a large extent the outcome” ( Jessica Mitford). (verb-transitive)
• To influence or sway toward an action or opinion; predispose. (verb-transitive)
• To determine or decide something in advance. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "There really is no way to "predetermine" a class average."
• "How could all these models be set to "predetermine" the conclusion that a 3C increase in surface temperature would result from a doubling of atmospheric CO2, assuming a 1%/year growth rate in the atmosphere?"
• "Second, if a Palestinian state is recognized along the 1967 lines in point of fact, nothing more than the 1949 armistice lines, this undermines UN Security Council Resolution 242 and 338 and the Camp David Accords, which call for a negotiated outcome and do not predetermine final boundaries."