preconceiving

verb

Definition of preconceivingnext
present participle of preconceive
1
as in prejudging

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2
as in thinking

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preconceiving
  1. thinking
  2. dreaming
  3. predicting
  4. perceiving
  5. imagining
  6. forecasting
  7. guessing
  8. theorizing
Verb
  • Hugh recalled thinking, but the intention was to grab the audience immediately.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Tailoring your message to show how digital tools address customer-specific challenges—such as boosting operational efficiency—positions your organization as a forward-thinking partner.
    Barry Reicherter, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of thinking
Verb
  • Which means neither of us were dreaming of living in the suburbs, but ironically our life is now very classic suburbia, living in a house just south of Aarhus, Denmark’s second biggest city.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Ultimately, the synergy between Hilton’s signature hospitality and Rochon’s savant-like design graces — the dichotomy of a California dreaming state of mind with unabashed refinement — is a match made in hotel heaven for all guests to relish.
    Tiffany Leigh, Travel + Leisure, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of dreaming
Verb
  • Further study showed that the computer model was more than 90 percent accurate in predicting how a real fly’s brain would respond.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Economists had been predicting payroll growth of 140-150,000 jobs; instead, payrolls rose by 254,000.
    Harry Holzer, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of predicting
Verb
  • As a result, perception and behavior tasks, including perceiving objects, predicting the actions of other road users and planning the car’s next steps, happen on-board the car in real time.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
  • She’s hurt by the way people are perceiving her daughter.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of perceiving
Verb
  • Odds are, your hunter is imagining deboning hindquarters and wrapping steaks themselves.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Re-imagining the Wheel Due to their size and the presence of whorls, the pebbles were likely used as an early version of a spinning wheel to gather up fibers like wool or flax and transform it into yarn.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of imagining
Verb
  • With the first ballot having gone out to Grammy voters on Friday morning, Variety is forecasting the likely nominees in the Grammys’ top four all-genre categories.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The likely spike in demand for natural gas is not yet reflected in many models forecasting the energy sector’s transition to a low-carbon future.
    Richard Lum, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of forecasting
Verb
  • How To Play Competitive Wordle Guessing in 1 is worth 3 points; guessing in 2 is worth 2 points; guessing in 3 is worth 1 point; guessing in 4 is worth 0 points; guessing in 5 is -1 points; guessing in 6 is -2 points and missing the Wordle is -3 points.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Corporations need to go beyond guessing about potential and make unicorn-development more about proving potential.
    Dileep Rao, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of guessing
Verb
  • That means season 2 likely won’t solve all of the mysteries that fans have been theorizing about since Yellowjackets began.
    Megan McCluskey, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The other guys were the basement-dwelling nephews and conspiracy-theorizing uncles.
    Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of theorizing
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