PRECONCEIVE Synonyms: 97 Similar and Opposite Words

preconceive

verb

Definition of preconceive

as in to prejudge

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as in to perceive

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Recent Examples of preconceive As leaders, preconceived notions can blind us from being truly open to change and innovation. — Glenn Taylor, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023 To overcome these hurdles, incumbents need to recognize and change preconceived notions and ingrained behaviors that are holding them back. — François Candelon, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2023 Some family members might absolutely get it from day one, while others might have preconceived ideas about migraine and a person’s ability to just soldier through. — Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF, 31 Mar. 2023 In the style of Hong Kong action, each angle is preconceived rather than discovered through the process of editing (as is more common in western action). — Vulture, 7 Mar. 2023 At the same time there isn’t the same amount of baggage or preconceived notions about what Vogue should and can be. — Elizabeth Paton, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023 But as LaMendola has learned, rankings and preconceived notions don’t really matter. — Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2023 The heavy topic of identity has so many cliches, preconceived ideas of reconciliation and closure. — Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023

Recent Examples of Synonyms for preconceive

Verb

Anthony’s attorneys contend those comments have created the appearance that Roach prejudged the defense’s claims.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
The lawmakers said federal involvement would not prejudge the findings of the ongoing local investigation but could provide additional investigative resources and determine whether federal laws, including civil rights laws, were implicated.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of prejudge

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The AfD was created in 2013 as a small anti-euro party before morphing into an anti-migrant force that tapped into voter frustration over immigration and the strains many Germans perceive on housing, jobs and public services.

— Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
But a 2023 study found that construction professionals perceived the fast-track strategy as posing a different set of risks, including construction errors and productivity declines, when better productivity is supposed to be the whole point.

— Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of perceive

Verb

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
Lane Turner/The Boston Globe via Getty Images A former Justice Department attorney alleges the DOJ's investigations into alleged antisemitism at Ivy League schools had predetermined conclusions and didn't use normal investigative practices.

— Luke Barr, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of predetermine

Verb

Carlsson doesn’t think about his impact much, but his colleagues and contemporaries sure do.

— Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
A couple of decades ago, films about Musk and Holmes probably would have framed the pair as forward-thinking entrepreneurs and architects of a new era.

— Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of think

Verb

Unfortunately for the handful of players fated to a long wait Tuesday, the skies opened in the middle of the afternoon, precisely at the time that the first-round matches that had been held over were scheduled to be played.

— Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
So, while this season began with storms named Arthur in June, followed by Bertha in July and Cristobal, which flared up and then flamed out quickly earlier this month, the latest storm brewing was already fated to be called Dolly.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of fate

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Before that day, Americans could not really conceive of an attack like this one — passenger planes slammed into high-rise buildings, the Pentagon, a Pennsylvania field in the deadliest act of coordinated violence this nation has ever seen.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
Die schöne Müllerin was conceived for a male voice and the protagonist is a young man, so Anderson would not have contemplated performing the complete cycle.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of conceive

Verb

At the same time, from the laboratory’s point of view, gravity is pulling the same falling phase down, so its wave should pick up a specific amount of phase predicted by the theory.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
Combining two of the three largest US carriers would transform the country’s aviation industry to such an extent that many analysts predicted regulators would never clear such a deal.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of predict

Verb

Rather than imagine the ways these characters might have evolved over nearly 30 years, the script by Akiva Goldsman, Georgia Pritchett, and Kelly Marcel regresses the women in order to retread many of the beats of the original film.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
Ground Zero, 25 years later The World Trade Center site, which took more than a decade to rebuild, has been transformed into something few could have imagined in the days after the attacks.

— Thomas E. Franklin, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026

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