"predefine" meaning in English

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        "To define in advance."
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        "(transitive) To define in advance."
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "To define in advance",
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          "roman": "yùdìngyì",
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          "sense": "To define in advance",
          "word": "määrätä ennalta"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To define in advance",
          "word": "määrätä etukäteen"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To define in advance",
          "word": "prédéfinir"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To define in advance",
          "word": "vordefinieren"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To define in advance",
          "word": "vorgeben"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To define in advance",
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "To define in advance",
          "word": "predefinire"
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          "roman": "predopredeljátʹ",
          "sense": "To define in advance",
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          "word": "предопределя́ть"
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          "roman": "predopredelítʹ",
          "sense": "To define in advance",
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          "sense": "To define in advance",
          "word": "önceden tanımlamak"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "To define in advance",
      "word": "預定義"
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      "roman": "yùdìngyì",
      "sense": "To define in advance",
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      "sense": "To define in advance",
      "word": "määrätä ennalta"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To define in advance",
      "word": "määrätä etukäteen"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To define in advance",
      "word": "prédéfinir"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To define in advance",
      "word": "vordefinieren"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To define in advance",
      "word": "vorgeben"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To define in advance",
      "word": "festlegen"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To define in advance",
      "word": "predefinire"
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      "roman": "predopredeljátʹ",
      "sense": "To define in advance",
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      "roman": "predopredelítʹ",
      "sense": "To define in advance",
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