verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To establish beforehand. transitive

   "Having preestablished that the murder weapon did not belong to the hotel, the detective widened her field of enquiry."

Synonyms

All synonyms

predetermine

Example

More examples

"The board aims to preestablish rules to which all future employees of the company will be held."

Etymology

From pre- + establish.

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