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PRECONCEIVE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they preconceive ... he / she / it preconceives
Past simple: preconceived
Past participle: preconceived
-ing form: preconceiving
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conceive beforehand
Example:
a preconceived notion
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "preconceive" is one way to...):
conceive; conceptualise; conceptualize; gestate (have the idea for)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
preconception (an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence)
