preconceives

verb

present tense third-person singular of preconceive
1
as in prejudges

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as in thinks

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preconceives
  1. predetermines
  2. thinks
  3. predicts
  4. dreams
  5. dooms
  6. conceives
  7. forecasts
  8. perceives
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  • In July, CalMatters reported that the measure was written in a way that likely predetermines the single institute that will receive half the funds.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of predetermines
Verb
  • Knowing someone's baseline characteristics is not the same as knowing what that person thinks about this decision today.
    — Leslie John, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
  • What to read next For Mars, the team thinks that this balance was reversed, with roughly three-quarters of its mass appearing to come from planetesimals, and the remaining quarter from pebble accretion.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of thinks
Verb
  • The methodology predicts how soil conditions interact with structural foundations during an earthquake.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The lonely runner conjecture predicts that, at some point, a runner will be maximally distant from all the other runners—the saddest, loneliest phase of the race.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of predicts
Verb
  • Rounding out their trio is Hazel (Kennedi Reece), a sweet, naive young woman, completely sheltered by her conservative upbringing but determined to follow her Michelle Obama dreams.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Hashimi talked about having many dreams for women in Afghanistan, dreams for herself and dreams that may take time to be realized.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of dreams
Verb
  • Fans continue to ask Carney about Hadestown’s climactic moment, when Orpheus dooms Eurydice forever by turning to look at her on the road back from hell.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
  • This dooms the kingdom to the tyrannical rule of the villainous Priscilla (Nikki Glaser), who swoops in and snatches the throne.
    — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 23 June 2026
Definition of dooms
Verb
  • Its founder, Fabrizio Di Amato, conceives it not as a hotel brand in the conventional sense but as the beginning of a wider world—a connected collection of destinations where Italian hospitality, design and culture merge.
    — Rachel Ingram, Robb Report, 21 June 2026
  • Isaac prays to God on her behalf, God answers the prayer, and Rebekah conceives.
    — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of conceives
Verb
  • The hurricane center forecasts 3 to 6 inches of rain and as much as 10 inches in some places on the central Gulf Coast from southeastern Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle.
    — Nikki Nolan, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • For Christmas, Google forecasts that the lowest prices will show up 56 days prior to departure, with the low price range being 33 to 67 days before.
    — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of forecasts
Verb
  • Ludwig hopes that Crowley, if elected, perceives the discontent about his party.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • In reality, these students can properly scrutinize their universities, which, much like Akhtar’s narrator, perceives them solely as threats or clients.
    — Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of perceives
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