PRECONCEIVED Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

preconceived

verb

past tense of preconceive

as in predetermined

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as in perceived

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Observers may question the point of holding elections where no meaningful opposition is allowed and the result appears largely predetermined.

— Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
There are predetermined dates for lowered flags each year, and the governor’s office announces any additional dates necessary.

— Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of predetermined

Verb

The researchers alleged the administration unlawfully targeted work perceived to be related to diversity, equity and inclusion and halted grants without explaining its decisions about individual projects.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Western Michigan is seventh in the pecking order at 5%, partly because the program’s conference slate is perceived as weaker than other competitors.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of perceived

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His first project at the house was a film starring Demi Moore that imagined Gucci as a family business owned by a wealthy matriarch in California.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 26 Sep. 2026
Inspired by Cuba and its changing political and cultural landscape, Chalayan imagined severe uniform-like shells washing away to expose new possibilities.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of imagined

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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
The script by Strippoli and Salvatore de Chirico shrewdly underplays that hand, instead cushioning the vanity factor in sincere parental concern for the children’s health, well-being and preordained path to success.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of preordained

Verb

Balak explains that while anywhere between 9,100 and 12,000 people in Fiji are thought to have HIV, only 5,676 of these cases have been officially diagnosed.

— David Cox, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026
Last year, my wife Luci and I made a decision that a lot of people in our life thought might be too risky.

— Alicia Sanchez, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of thought

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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

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From every theoretical point of view, Dovner was transforming the Soviet system, which had been conceived as something of perfect, crystalline purity.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026
Rothman conceived of the idea shortly after moving to Nashville during the pandemic and connecting with the Americana scene.

— Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2026

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