資料來源 : pyDict
預定,先決
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Predetermination \Pre`de*ter`mi*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
pr['e]d['e]termination.]
The act of previous determination; a purpose formed
beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will.
--Hammond.
資料來源 : WordNet®
predetermination
n 1: (theology) being determined in advance; especially the
doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has
foreordained every event throughout eternity (including
the final salvation of mankind) [syn: {predestination},
{foreordination}, {preordination}]
2: the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to
take place