Premeditation
noun
The action of planning something, especially a crime, in advance.
The prosecution must prove premeditation to convict the defendant of first-degree murder.
Often appears as...
- first-degree premeditation
- prove premeditation
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Formal
Technical
noun
The action of thinking much beforehand.
His success was not on chance, it was a result of premeditation.
Often appears as...
- result of premeditation
- act of premeditation
noun
The action of planning something, especially a crime, in advance.
The prosecution must prove premeditation to convict the defendant of first-degree murder.
Often appears as...
- first-degree premeditation
- prove premeditation
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
The action of thinking much beforehand.
His success was not on chance, it was a result of premeditation.
Often appears as...
- result of premeditation
- act of premeditation
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Usage
Used often in law to describe planned criminal acts, indicating guilt and intent.
The defendant's premeditation was evident in the detailed diary entries outlining the crime.
Pro Tip 2/3Heavily Negative
Carries a strong negative charge, as it implies harmful intent rather than innocent planning.
The plot carried an alarming level of premeditation, showing no remorse.
Pro Tip 3/3First-Degree Connection
In murder cases, premeditation can separate first-degree murder from lesser charges.
Due to the premeditation involved, the jury faced a first-degree murder conviction.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Usage
Used often in law to describe planned criminal acts, indicating guilt and intent.
The defendant's premeditation was evident in the detailed diary entries outlining the crime.
Pro Tip 2/3Heavily Negative
Carries a strong negative charge, as it implies harmful intent rather than innocent planning.
The plot carried an alarming level of premeditation, showing no remorse.
Pro Tip 3/3First-Degree Connection
In murder cases, premeditation can separate first-degree murder from lesser charges.
Due to the premeditation involved, the jury faced a first-degree murder conviction.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Usage
Used often in law to describe planned criminal acts, indicating guilt and intent.
The defendant's premeditation was evident in the detailed diary entries outlining the crime.
Pro Tip 2/3Heavily Negative
Carries a strong negative charge, as it implies harmful intent rather than innocent planning.
The plot carried an alarming level of premeditation, showing no remorse.
Pro Tip 3/3First-Degree Connection
In murder cases, premeditation can separate first-degree murder from lesser charges.
Due to the premeditation involved, the jury faced a first-degree murder conviction.
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C.K. Williams: Poetry...
and seemingly even as she thinks it she knows what's been grace, not premeditation but grace, a kind of being in the world spontaneously, with grace.
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C.K. Williams: Poetry...
and seemingly even as she thinks it she knows what's been grace, not premeditation but grace, a kind of being in the world spontaneously, with grace.
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William S. Burroughs
American Writer
Speaking for myself, art differs from writing in that I never know what I'm going to paint until I paint it, so it's almost like automatic writing. A writer, on the other hand, can't help but know what he's going to write, because the activity demands a degree of premeditation.
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Larry Harvey
American Celebrity
When I was in my late 30s, I lit a figure on fire on Baker Beach in San Francisco. It was me, a friend, and maybe eight people, tops. There wasn't any premeditation to it at all. It was really just a product of San Franciscan bohemian milieu.
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Herman Melville
American Novelist
Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, - for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it - not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.
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William Bartram
American Environmentalist
If we bestow but a very little attention to the economy of the animal creation, we shall find manifest examples of premeditation, perseverance, resolution, and consumate artifice, in order to effect their purpose.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
My understanding of first-degree murder is that premeditation needs to be proven.
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Georg C. Lichtenberg
German Scientist
Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.
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William S. Burroughs
American Writer
Speaking for myself, art differs from writing in that I never know what I'm going to paint until I paint it, so it's almost like automatic writing. A writer, on the other hand, can't help but know what he's going to write, because the activity demands a degree of premeditation.
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Larry Harvey
American Celebrity
When I was in my late 30s, I lit a figure on fire on Baker Beach in San Francisco. It was me, a friend, and maybe eight people, tops. There wasn't any premeditation to it at all. It was really just a product of San Franciscan bohemian milieu.
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Herman Melville
American Novelist
Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, - for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it - not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.
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William Bartram
American Environmentalist
If we bestow but a very little attention to the economy of the animal creation, we shall find manifest examples of premeditation, perseverance, resolution, and consumate artifice, in order to effect their purpose.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
My understanding of first-degree murder is that premeditation needs to be proven.
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Georg C. Lichtenberg
German Scientist
Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.
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