Usually means: Form an opinion before knowing.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word preconceive:

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  1. preconceive: Merriam-Webster
  2. preconceive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. preconceive: Collins English Dictionary
  4. preconceive: Vocabulary.com
  5. preconceive: Wordnik
  6. preconceive: Wiktionary
  7. preconceive: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. preconceive: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. preconceive: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Preconceive, preconceive: Dictionary.com
  11. preconceive: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Preconceive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. preconceive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. preconceive: Rhymezone
  15. preconceive: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. preconceive: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. preconceive: FreeDictionary.org
  18. preconceive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. preconceive: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. preconceive: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (preconceive)

▸ verb:  To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to have a preconception

Similar:
foreconceive, prejudge, forethink, precontrive, preimagine, preperceive, foreconsider, precogitate, preconsider, forecount, more...

Opposite:
reconsider, unbiased, open-minded, unprejudiced, neutral
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Similar:
foreconceive, prejudge, forethink, precontrive, preimagine, preperceive, foreconsider, precogitate, preconsider, forecount, more...

Opposite:
reconsider, unbiased, open-minded, unprejudiced, neutral



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