different between preset vs predetermine

English

Alternative forms

• PR (abbreviation used in electronics)

Etymology

pre- +? set

Pronunciation

• (adjective) IPA^(key): /?pri?s?t/, /pri??s?t/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /pri??s?t/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /?pri?s?t/

Adjective

preset (not comparable)

1. Set in advance, or as a default.

Translations

Verb

preset (third-person singular simple present presets, present participle presetting, simple past and past participle preset)

1. (transitive) To set something in advance.

Translations

Noun

preset (plural presets)

1. Something that is set in advance.

Anagrams

• Peters, Pretes, pester, pestre, peters, serpet

English

Etymology

From pre- +? determine.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?i?.d??t??.m?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?i?d??t?.m?n/

Verb

predetermine (third-person singular simple present predetermines, present participle predetermining, simple past and past participle predetermined)

1. (transitive) To determine or decide in advance.
   • 1688, Matthew Hale, A Discourse of the Knowledge of God and of Ourselves

     God's Counsel doth not predetermine the Will to any evil

2. (transitive) To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.

Usage notes

• The verb predetermine itself is not as common as the derived participial adjective predetermined.

Synonyms

• (determine in advance): foredetermine, preplan

Derived terms

• predetermined

Translations

Spanish

Verb

predetermine

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of predeterminar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of predeterminar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of predeterminar.