preconceives

verb

present tense third-person singular of preconceive
1
as in prejudges

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as in thinks

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preconceives
  1. predicts
  2. thinks
  3. dooms
  4. dreams
  5. forecasts
  6. conceives
  7. presages
  8. perceives
Verb
  • Why balance predicts lifespan Mike Teater is the director of balance education for Fyzical, a national network of clinics specializing in balance and dizziness.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The crest - the highest peak of the river's water levels - will reached Morgan County today, the NWS of Indianapolis predicts.
    — Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of predicts
Verb
  • But with veterans like Bell and Taylor Rogers in the clubhouse, Shelton thinks too many managerial speeches could be overkill.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Unlike some sportsmen who boast of using modern, complicated equipment to improve their shooting, Kontras thinks more of his skills as a hunter than a shooter.
    — Jeff Murray, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of thinks
Verb
  • Fans continue to ask Carney about Hadestown’s climactic moment, when Orpheus dooms Eurydice forever by turning to look at her on the road back from hell.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
  • This dooms the kingdom to the tyrannical rule of the villainous Priscilla (Nikki Glaser), who swoops in and snatches the throne.
    — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 23 June 2026
Definition of dooms
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  • Hailing from humble beginnings in Greenwood, South Carolina, his experiences with football have always been centered around doing the impossible – dreams his father put in his head at an early age.
    — Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026
  • These rumors were never substantiated—but Harry did reference his mother’s California dreams in the 2022 Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan, per PopSugar.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of dreams
Verb
  • Morgan Stanley forecasts China’s humanoid shipments to reach 50,000 this year, up from 12,000 in 2025.
    — Anniek Bao,Jenni Reid,Jenny Lee, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The National Weather Service forecasts heavy rain and thunderstorms across the upper Ohio Valley to the central Appalachians, with the possibility of severe storms late Monday across eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of forecasts
Verb
  • Its founder, Fabrizio Di Amato, conceives it not as a hotel brand in the conventional sense but as the beginning of a wider world—a connected collection of destinations where Italian hospitality, design and culture merge.
    — Rachel Ingram, Robb Report, 21 June 2026
  • Isaac prays to God on her behalf, God answers the prayer, and Rebekah conceives.
    — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of conceives
Verb
  • The backlash to the Barbara decision presages another legal and cultural battle over the meaning of the 14th Amendment and its role in the debate over who is recognized as an American citizen, observers say.
    — Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026
  • But a lack of accountability presages failure for California’s big reform.
    — Rachel Canter, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of presages
Verb
  • The person receiving the silence perceives it as hostility, and the absence of certainty leaves room for suspicion to grow.
    — Alejandro Cárdenas Villa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Trump is famously sensitive to how the public perceives his popularity.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of perceives
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