Meaning & use
Preprogrammed
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Set or configured with instructions in advance, before actual use or operation.
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The robot followed a preprogrammed route around the warehouse.
Her responses felt preprogrammed, as if she had rehearsed them beforehand.
A note on using this word
Used both literally, for machines and software, and figuratively, for behavior that seems automatic or rehearsed.
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Words with an opposite meaning
spontaneousimprovised
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