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PRONUNCIATION OF PREMEDITATE

premeditate  [prɪˈmɛdɪˌteɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PREMEDITATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Premeditate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb premeditate in English.

WHAT DOES PREMEDITATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

premeditate

Premeditated murder

Premeditated murder is the crime of wrongfully and intentionally causing the death of another human being after rationally considering the timing or method of doing so, in order to either increase the likelihood of success, or to evade detection or apprehension. State laws in the United States vary as to definitions of "premeditation." In some states, premeditation may be construed as taking place mere seconds before the murder. Premeditated murder is usually defined as one of the most serious forms of homicide, and is punished more severely than manslaughter or other types of murder - often with the death penalty or a life sentence without the possibility of parole. In the U.S, Federal law criminalizes premeditated murder, felony murder and second-degree murder at Title 18 United States Code Section 1111 The Criminal Code of Canada classifies murder as either 1st- or 2nd-degree. The former type of murder is often called premeditated murder.

Definition of premeditate in the English dictionary

The definition of premeditate in the dictionary is to plan or consider beforehand.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PREMEDITATE

PRESENT

Present
I premeditate
you premeditate
he/she/it premeditates
we premeditate
you premeditate
they premeditate
Present continuous
I am premeditating
you are premeditating
he/she/it is premeditating
we are premeditating
you are premeditating
they are premeditating
Present perfect
I have premeditated
you have premeditated
he/she/it has premeditated
we have premeditated
you have premeditated
they have premeditated
Present perfect continuous
I have been premeditating
you have been premeditating
he/she/it has been premeditating
we have been premeditating
you have been premeditating
they have been premeditating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I premeditated
you premeditated
he/she/it premeditated
we premeditated
you premeditated
they premeditated
Past continuous
I was premeditating
you were premeditating
he/she/it was premeditating
we were premeditating
you were premeditating
they were premeditating
Past perfect
I had premeditated
you had premeditated
he/she/it had premeditated
we had premeditated
you had premeditated
they had premeditated
Past perfect continuous
I had been premeditating
you had been premeditating
he/she/it had been premeditating
we had been premeditating
you had been premeditating
they had been premeditating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will premeditate
you will premeditate
he/she/it will premeditate
we will premeditate
you will premeditate
they will premeditate
Future continuous
I will be premeditating
you will be premeditating
he/she/it will be premeditating
we will be premeditating
you will be premeditating
they will be premeditating
Future perfect
I will have premeditated
you will have premeditated
he/she/it will have premeditated
we will have premeditated
you will have premeditated
they will have premeditated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been premeditating
you will have been premeditating
he/she/it will have been premeditating
we will have been premeditating
you will have been premeditating
they will have been premeditating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would premeditate
you would premeditate
he/she/it would premeditate
we would premeditate
you would premeditate
they would premeditate
Conditional continuous
I would be premeditating
you would be premeditating
he/she/it would be premeditating
we would be premeditating
you would be premeditating
they would be premeditating
Conditional perfect
I would have premeditate
you would have premeditate
he/she/it would have premeditate
we would have premeditate
you would have premeditate
they would have premeditate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been premeditating
you would have been premeditating
he/she/it would have been premeditating
we would have been premeditating
you would have been premeditating
they would have been premeditating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you premeditate
we let´s premeditate
you premeditate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to premeditate
Past participle
premeditated
Present Participle
premeditating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PREMEDITATE


acetate
ˈæsɪˌteɪt
agitate
ˈædʒɪˌteɪt
capacitate
kəˈpæsɪˌteɪt
capitate
ˈkæpɪˌteɪt
cogitate
ˈkɒdʒɪˌteɪt
debilitate
dɪˈbɪlɪˌteɪt
decapitate
dɪˈkæpɪˌteɪt
expeditate
ɛksˈpɛdɪˌteɪt
facilitate
fəˈsɪlɪˌteɪt
gravitate
ˈɡrævɪˌteɪt
hesitate
ˈhɛzɪˌteɪt
imitate
ˈɪmɪˌteɪt
irritate
ˈɪrɪˌteɪt
levitate
ˈlɛvɪˌteɪt
meditate
ˈmɛdɪˌteɪt
necessitate
nɪˈsɛsɪˌteɪt
palmitate
ˈpælmɪˌteɪt
precipitate
prɪˈsɪpɪˌteɪt
rehabilitate
ˌriːəˈbɪlɪˌteɪt
triacetate
traɪˈæsɪˌteɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PREMEDITATE

premeal
premeasure
premed
premedical
premedically
premedicate
premedication
premedieval
premeditated
premeditatedly
premeditation
premeditative
premeditator
premeet
premeiotic
premen
premenopausal
premenstrual
premenstrual syndrome
premenstrual tension

WORDS THAT END LIKE PREMEDITATE

cavitate
cryoprecipitate
delimitate
digitate
estate
excogitate
felicitate
habilitate
incapacitate
infinitate
interdigitate
militate
multidigitate
nobilitate
oscitate
palpitate
quantitate
regurgitate
sanitate
stipitate
suscitate

Synonyms and antonyms of premeditate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «premeditate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PREMEDITATE

Find out the translation of premeditate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of premeditate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «premeditate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

预谋
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

premeditar
570 millions of speakers

English

premeditate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

premeditate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

premeditate
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обдумывайте
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

premeditar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পূর্বাহ্নেই কল্পনা করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

préméditer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Premeditate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vorher überlegen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

premeditate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

premeditate
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pranata
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

suy nghi trước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முன்னதாகவே ஆழ்ந்து ஆராய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Premeditate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

önceden düşünmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

premeditare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

premedytuję
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обмірковуйте
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

premedita
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

premeditate
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

peins
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

premeditate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

premeditate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of premeditate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PREMEDITATE»

The term «premeditate» is normally little used and occupies the 130.818 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PREMEDITATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «premeditate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «premeditate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about premeditate

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREMEDITATE»

Discover the use of premeditate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to premeditate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Forensic Mental Health Assessment: A Casebook
Severe alcohol intoxication disrupts an individual's ability to premeditate and deliberate even in the absence of other or severe psychiatric disorders such as psychosis or mania. Though alcohol intoxication impaired the defendant's ability to ...
Kirk Heilbrun, David DeMatteo, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, 2014
2
Ladies And Gentlemen Of The Jury: Greatest Closing Arguments
Let's discuss the psychiatric testimony which Judge Kennedy will instruct you is admissible for only one issue and that is the issue of the accused's mental capacity to premeditate, his mental ability to premeditate. In resolving that issue you ...
B Bycel, H Caldwell, M Lief, 2012
3
Digest of Opinions
sequently, the law officer was correct in instructing that evidence of mental incapacity to premeditate might be considered only for the limited purpose of reducing premeditated murder to unpremeditated murder. (Citing U. S. v Craig ( No. 1249) ...
Author
4
Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
To PREMEDITATE, v. a. [prameditor. Lat. premeditf, Fr.] To contrive or form beforehand ; to conceive beforehand. — Where I have come, great clerks have purposed To greet me with premeditated welcomes. Shai. With words premeditated ...
‎1816
5
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
To PREMEDITATE, v.f, [pramedho-, w.rremeititer, Fr.] To contrive or sunn betore- »ind; to conceive beforehand. — Where 1 have come, great clerks have purposed To greet me with premeditated welcomes. Shai. With words premeditated thus ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816
6
The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...
To PREMEDITATE!, v. a. [pr<rmrdifor, • trtmeHier, Fr.} To contrive or form before- 0; to conceive beforehand. — □ Where I have come, great clerks have purposed r° vrtet me with premeditated welcome'. Shak. W;tb words premeditated thus he ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1807
7
Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
Of themselves they were rude, and knew not so much as how to premeditate; the spirit gave them speech and eloquent utterance. Hooker, Eccl. Pol. PREME' DITATE. adj. [from the verb.] Contrived beforehand ; prepense. — He said to me,  ...
‎1826
8
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge
•PREMATURITY. j Too great haste ; mils "«We eirliaess. , - jPREMAUX, a town of France, in t!ic depart- K of Cote d'Or ; famous for it? wine, and a wil sprins near it : 3 miles SVV. of Nuits. a 1 * To PREMEDITATE, -v. a. [pr*mcditor~, <• frawditer, ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1806
9
Psychiatry on Trial: Fact and Fantasy in the Courtroom
because of the intoxication, Matt's judgment was impaired and he could not premeditate (plan ahead in a sound manner) or deliberate (think about the act and its consequences) in a reasonable manner. Over 100 years ago, the Supreme ...
Ben Bursten, M.D., 2001
10
Busy Doing Nothing
Premeditate. The hand life dealt me Is stomp down real, Not enough money to pay the rent And my house is old and cold, No heat comin' from any OF the vents. Got to thinkin' . . . life sure is bad, Then I got to thinkin' . . . 'bout all I had, ...
Walter Irving Ray, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREMEDITATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term premeditate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ashes 2015: Why Mitchell Johnson has England running scared
Of course, this might have had something to do with Bell's lack of form, his attempts to premeditate out of a trough, or his eyesight at 33 being ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
2
Prosecution, defense rest in Morgan Co. murder trial
... case file and a personal interview with the defendant, he believed McCoy was too impaired from alcohol and Xanax to premeditate a murder, ... «WHAG, Jul 15»
3
I Am Muslim and I Am Black Lives Matter
A white supremacist can premeditate an act of terror, walk into the most historic Black church in America, engage in bible studies for an hour, ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
4
Delhi University Passes Choice Based Credit System Courses in …
The varsity authorities also condemned the activities by a section of teachers alleging that it was a "premeditate" move in the view of DUTA ... «NDTV, Jul 15»
5
Time to drop De Kock?
... the former Black Caps skipper wrote: “Tell young Quinton to clear the mind a little, not premeditate so much, as it roots the feet to the spot. «Independent Online, Jul 15»
6
Attorney: Killer Thought He Was Acting on Behest of FBI and God
But in his closing argument in Sanft's non-jury trial in Alameda County Superior Court, Linehan said Sanft didn't premeditate and deliberate ... «Patch.com, Jun 15»
7
Exclusive — Mitt Romney Dodging Questions About His Attack On …
Why does Governor Romney think that the flag led Dylann Roof to premeditate murder against several people in a Church?” The seventh and ... «Breitbart News, Jun 15»
8
Charleston shooting: suspect Dylann Roof 'in custody' after church …
It was methodical and he had time to premeditate it, and even decide not to do it. "It was cold, calculating and we as a nation have to do ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
9
Hustle and Flow
“I tried to premeditate moves in certain situations. I would try and dictate what I was going to do regardless of how the defense played me.”. «Grantland, Jun 15»
10
England recognise the need for change if they are to beat New …
... South Africa's (originally Pakistan's) wrist-spinner Imran Tahir: a batsman who does not know which way the ball will turn cannot premeditate ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»

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