premeditated

[pri-med-i-tey-tid]

adjective

1. done deliberately; planned in advance.

   a premeditated murder.

Other Word Forms

• premeditatedly adverb
• unpremeditated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of premeditated¹

First recorded in 1580–90; pre- + meditate + -ed ²

Synonym Study

See deliberate.

Example Sentences

Andrew Fox, honorary president of Aston Villa's Jewish Villans supporters' club, said he thought Khan's comments on Amsterdam were "shameful", describing what happened there as a "premeditated Jew hunt".

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The prosecutor believed the blast had taken place on a floor above the entrance and told reporters it was a "premeditated and voluntary homicide".

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The prosecutor’s office added that early investigations indicated the attacks on government property were premeditated.

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When it came to the sentence that Prowell would receive, a probation officer wrote that his “callous and premeditated” crimes would have continued if he hadn’t been caught.

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“I killed Robert F. Kennedy willfully, premeditatedly, and with 20 years of malice aforethought,” he told the court, later explaining it was a reference to the 1948 birth of Israel.

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Related Words

• calculated 
• conscious 
• deliberate 
• intentional 
• willful