🧠premeditate

verb
/ˌpriːˈmɛdɪteɪt/

Meaning

to think about and plan something (especially a crime) beforehand

Example Sentences

The suspect was accused of premeditating the crime.

Example Expressions

premeditated murder

Synonyms

plan, intend, contemplate, devise, deliberate

Antonyms

improvise, spontaneity, accidental

Collocations

premeditated crime, premeditated act, premeditate a plan

Related Vocabularies

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to move or cause to move up and down or from side to side with rapid, short movements

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