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 most successful transition is not necessarily one where every decision is predetermined.
    — Elie Nour, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • After all, at the Academy Museum Gala, the few prizes awarded are predetermined and the pressure is off for everyone else.
    — Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of predetermined
Verb
  • Beating Notre Dame, then, would represent both an arrival and a defeat of what the Hurricanes perceived as an outdated system.
    — Dana ONeil, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026
  • This ranking reflects not only how employees view their own workplace but also how companies are perceived across their sector, creating a balanced and independent assessment of the region's top employers.
    — TIME Staff, Time, 3 Nov. 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
  • Saturday Night Live host, actor and comedian Druski starred in a sketch that imagined a prelude to You Can See Everything, the metadocumentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.
    — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Her parents could never have imagined on February 27, 1932, just how much their newborn baby would achieve artistically.
    — Estrella Albendea Ruiz, Vanity Fair, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of imagined
Verb
  • So when she was approached by an editor at Batsford Books with a proposal to write a book on Prada, it felt preordained.
    — Irene Kim, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The old lanes of gossip dissemination, like tabloid journalism and celebrity-interest television, are largely obsolete now, eliminating the need for gatekeepers and preordained authors of cultural fiction.
    — Ivy Wolk, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of preordained
Verb
  • People may have been getting high off cannabis earlier than previously thought -- at least 2,800 years ago, a new study suggests.
    — Mary Evans, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • That was so shocking; whoever was manning the CW's scorebug thought the kick was as good as gold and hung three points on the board.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 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
  • Myers still lives in the town where Houndmouth was conceived — New Albany, Indiana, situated right across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky.
    — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The short was conceived as part of a broader collaboration with Dior, with Anderson originating the idea and Martin Latham helping develop the screenplay.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of conceived
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