verb
- forming an opinion or idea about something before having adequate knowledge or experience of it
Usage: present participle of preconceive
Examples
- She was preconceiving what the new school would be like based on rumors.
- The jury was warned against preconceiving the defendant’s guilt.
- He kept preconceiving how difficult the test would be.
- Stop preconceiving the outcome and give it a fair chance.
- The researcher avoided preconceiving the results of the experiment.
- They were preconceiving negative things about the neighborhood before visiting.