premeditation
21
7.9
- noun
- /ˌpriːˌmɛdɪˈteɪʃən/
- Formal
:
premeditación
- The detective needed to prove premeditation to secure a conviction in the murder trial.
- premeditation and spontaneity
And Lichtenberg says all virtue arising from premeditation is not worth much.
- And Lichtenberg says all virtue arising from premeditation is not worth much.
- If you murder them with intent and premeditation, that's worse than if you murder them in a fight and spontaneously it is.
- Is this question of prejudging, precognition, premeditation?
- That's what's the worst part of it is that you need to premeditation, premeditate, premeditate your cum shot, right.
Examples
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Now we have been faced with the fourth incident, and we believe it is most serious because of its obvious premeditation.
Academic text (1990) -
There is not one hint of premeditation in this case.
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A clear sign of premeditation.
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Which makes this look a lot like premeditation.
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In your experience as an attorney, would this not indicate premeditation?
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All signs point to a lack of premeditation since no knife, gun, or other formal weapon was used.
Fiction book (1990) -
A review of his correspondence with the U.S. Secretary of State implies premeditation, with the action simply awaiting opportunity.
Academic text (1992) -
No, I'm talking about the kind of stalking that took time, effort, and premeditation.
Blog text (10) -
'And this in itself plainly implies premeditation on someone's part.'
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If they get what they want, they will kill you... ...not in a senseless moment of passion, but with scrupulous premeditation.
Synonyms
507
2.2
To think ahead and decide what to do to prepare for something
10
5.5
Careful planning for the future to avoid problems
1
3.5
Making things ready before an event or activity
1
4.4
A plan made before an event to organize things
A meeting where people discuss a topic before making an official decision
A firm decision made beforehand to do something
Antonyms
How Planned
47
3.5
- Formal
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7.9
78
4.9
507
2.2
31
6.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
premeditation = premeditate (semi-transparent) = pre + meditate + ion
The noun is a standard and fully predictable formation from the verb 'premeditate' with the suffix '-ion'.
Etymology
The word premeditation starts with pre- meaning 'before' and the rest is like meditate, which means 'to think' or 'plan'. So premeditation means 'thinking or planning before acting', which is why in law it is used to show someone planned a crime ahead of time.