# premeditation

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #58,942

## Definitions
1. The act of planning or plotting something in advance, especially a crime.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin praemeditātiō.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/premeditation