premeditated
Meaning of premeditated
- (of an action, especially a crime) thought out or planned beforehand.
premeditated murder
- think out or plan (an action, especially a crime) beforehand.
apparently he did not premeditate her murder
mid 16th century (earlier (late Middle English) as premeditation ): from Latin praemeditat- ‘thought out before’, from the verb praemeditari, from prae ‘before’ + meditari ‘meditate’.
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Hyphenation of premeditated
pre-med-i-tated
- It consists of 4 syllables and 12 chars.
- premeditated is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
premeditated synonyms
Meaning decide on and make arrangements for in advance:
Meaning done on purpose; deliberate:
Meaning planned or meant:
Meaning engage in long and careful consideration:
Meaning (of an action) done with full awareness of the likely consequences:
Meaning aware of and responding to one's surroundings:
Meaning (of a bad or harmful act) intentional; deliberate:
Meaning arranged or agreed upon in advance:
Meaning (of an idea or opinion) formed before having the evidence for its truth or usefulness:
Meaning having been thought about carefully:
Meaning (of a quality or result) achieved or maintained by careful and deliberate effort:
Meaning having or done with a purpose:
Meaning deliberate; intentional:
premeditated antonyms
Meaning happening by chance, unintentionally, or unexpectedly:
Meaning not done on purpose:
Meaning performed or occurring as a result of a sudden impulse or inclination and without premeditation or external stimulus:
Translation of premeditated
- Spanish: premeditado
- German: vorsätzlich
- Italian: premeditato
- French: prémédité, calculé
- Portuguese: premeditato
Words that rhyme with premeditated
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