preconceived

verb

past tense of preconceive
1
as in predetermined

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2
as in perceived

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preconceived
  1. predetermined
  2. perceived
  3. prejudged
  4. imagined
  5. preordained
  6. thought
  7. predestined
  8. conceived
Verb
  • The 2027 season is set to be the first year the UIL will have predetermined sites for the semifinal games.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2026
  • There aren’t many surprises in this vividly realized but predetermined drama.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of predetermined
Verb
  • However, Flávio is perceived as a more moderate and conciliatory Bolsonaro.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Alexander said questions about how Black hair is perceived have followed her into adulthood.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of perceived
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
Definition of prejudged
Verb
  • Yet its most acclaimed, and valuable, such set imagined a fictional conflict.
    — Bob Woods, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Could my grandparents have imagined working as social media influencers?
    — Ali Kashani, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of imagined
Verb
  • In The Radiance, the movements toward generosity can read as preordained.
    — Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
  • This mythologizing of a masculine, European (though crucially not British) version of Columbus supported burgeoning American ideals of Manifest Destiny (the idea that the United States was preordained to expand to the Pacific Ocean and beyond).
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of preordained
Verb
  • The governor’s mansion, Plantation House, was built in 1791 by the East India Company, and is famed today as the home of Jonathan, a tortoise from the Seychelles who is now aged about 194 and thought to be the oldest creature on Earth.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Palos Verdes players thought the ball was dead after stoppage for an Inglewood injury, but the officials started running the clock when play resumed, and Palos Verdes finally called a timeout.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of thought
Verb
  • Awaiting in a World Cup semifinal is France, a team that has looked almost predestined to raise another World Cup trophy.
    — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 11 July 2026
  • Science, of course, struggles to prove whether that’s predestined in their genes, though some studies suggest that some tendency toward hoarding—put another way, collecting to excess—is heritable.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2026
Definition of predestined
Verb
  • The phone encounters were conceived before the pandemic, but once quarantine began, the idea of entertaining people through interactive phone plays really began to pick up steam.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • It was conceived for American apple brandy but works with Calvados (the French kind).
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of conceived
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