Certain and Predetermined

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Certain adjective - Impossible to avoid or evade.

Usage example: as he got older, the athlete began to feel the certain effects of the aging process on his body

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Predetermined and certain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Predetermined" instead an adjective "Certain".

Nearby Words: certainty, certainly

Predetermined adjective - Set in advance.

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Certain and predetermined are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Certain" instead an adjective "Predetermined".

Nearby Words: predetermination, predetermining

Falling more than a certain distance will kill Faith instantly, except for predetermined cutscenes (also an example of Cutscene Power to the Max).

Source: Video Game / Mirror's Edge
Since each companion has a predetermined spec in this game, and not all specs are equally powerful and/or useful, it induces a certain inequality.

Source: Character Tiers
When you combine these two you get the Groundhog Peggy Sue, in which a character is forced to re-live a significant portion of their life over and over again, always looping back to a certain point in their childhood if he dies or reaches a predetermined point in time.

Source: Groundhog Peggy Sue

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