prepense

adjective

Definition of prepensenext
as in premeditated

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prepense
  1. premeditated
  2. deliberate
  3. calculated
  4. considered
  5. advised
  6. studied
  7. aforethought
  8. intentional
Adjective
  • New details point to a possible premeditated plot in the family murders at Great Wolf Lodge in Pennsylvania, a private investigator says.
    — Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • In 2013, a military jury convicted him of 13 counts of premeditated murder and unanimously recommended the death penalty.
    — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of premeditated
Adjective
  • New consumer research suggests the shift is more deliberate, and more compatible with luxury growth, than early coverage implied.
    — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Stop motion is such a deliberate practice, where every wrinkle is quite literally sculpted.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of deliberate
Adjective
  • Avoid Letting Emotion Override Investment Discipline The biggest gap is that entrepreneurs often take calculated risks in business, but emotional risks in their personal portfolios.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Knowing exactly what's going to happen in the sky turns a casual meteor watch into a rather more calculated exercise.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of calculated
Adjective
  • Food and drink Food across the resort’s various restaurants is Greek and local but with a considered twist.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • And Moke was no longer a considered tropical cyclone after skirting Hawaii as a tropical storm, the center said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of considered
Adjective
  • Meaningful persuasion requires the suspension of some short-term interests for the sake of long-term interests, which is why coercive economic statecraft among allies is ill advised.
    — MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2025
  • The wind screens deflect a fair amount of wind (and rain), but Super 3 drivers are well advised to wear some form of eye protection.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 15 June 2022
Definition of advised
Adjective
  • Though considerably less studied than the cardiovascular impact, mental health has emerged as one of the more exciting and appealing applications.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Medical prior authorization, one of the most studied examples, is still processed electronically only about 40% of the time, despite two decades of automation investment aimed squarely at fixing it.
    — Abhinav Shashank, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of studied
Adjective
  • Had Styles — either completely by accident or with malice aforethought — unleashed a mouthful of spit upon his elder co-star?
    — Vulture, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Depraved-indifference murder is not supposed to be a sleight-of-hand that elevates manslaughter to murder, or that effectively turns an unintentional killing into an intentional murder by substituting depraved indifference for malice aforethought.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 7 Mar. 2021
Definition of aforethought
Adjective
  • Supreme Court justices will now consider whether a group claiming to be targeted by a race-neutral policy must show it was disproportionately harmed to prove intentional discrimination.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Election experts have said many instances of noncitizens registering to vote are a result of administrative error or confusion on the part of the immigrant — not intentional criminality.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of intentional
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“Prepense.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prepense. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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