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
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  • Most companies measure everything except the thing that actually predicts future performance.
    — Nir Bashan, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • The drivers are aging demographics, a growing short- and long-sighted population, and the smart eyewear boom; Euromonitor predicts a 48% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to 2030 for the latter.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 20 July 2026
Definition of predicts
Verb
  • With demand exceeding supply, Pajjuri thinks the company can prioritize higher-value server CPUs, improving product mix while also gaining more pricing power because customers have fewer options.
    — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 23 July 2026
  • One way midfielder Zorhan Bassong thinks Sporting can avoid those long spells of getting lost in the game is through repetition of situations during training — almost for the sake of repetition.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
Definition of thinks
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  • 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
  • Either way, Clark’s decision to deny reality and embrace his monster is what dooms him.
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Definition of dooms
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  • Training camp starts in two weeks, when the focus will shift to Caleb Williams and Super Bowl dreams.
    — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • The director was also adamant in bringing a fresh concept to the classic story of the puppet who dreams of becoming a boy.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 27 June 2026
Definition of dreams
Verb
  • Su forecasts the total addressable market for its chips to reach $2 trillion by 2030.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 23 July 2026
  • Margins The company forecasts the gross margin dilution from the ramp-up of overseas fabs in the next several years to be 2% to 3% in the early stages, widening to 3% to 4% in the latter stages, Huang said.
    — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 22 July 2026
Definition of forecasts
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  • 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
  • But a lack of accountability presages failure for California’s big reform.
    — Rachel Canter, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
  • An index of 50 is balanced and presages neither economic expansion nor contraction.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2026
Definition of presages
Verb
  • Trump is famously sensitive to how the public perceives his popularity.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • The comments followed lackluster second quarter financials with execs on the defensive as analysts grilled the company on what Wall Street perceives as a bit of a slump.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 16 July 2026
Definition of perceives
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