"predefined" meaning in English

See predefined in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: pre-defined [alternative]
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  1. Having been defined or established previously. Tags: not-comparable Hyponyms: defined Derived forms: predefined function Translations (having been defined previously): предопределе́н (predopredelén) (Bulgarian), voorgedefinieerd (Dutch), ennalta määrätty (Finnish), prédéfini (French), vordefiniert (German), voreingestellt (German), vorgegeben (German), predefinito (Italian)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: pre-defined [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} predefined
  1. simple past and past participle of predefine Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: predefine
    Sense id: en-predefined-en-verb-X3lIoM2r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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