preconceptionnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌpriː.kənˈsep.ʃən/us/ˌpriː.kənˈsep.ʃən/an idea or opinion formed before enough information is available to form it correctly:
Try to go into the meeting without too many preconceptions about what the other group wants.
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Guesses and assumptions
- a shot in the dark idiom
- approximation
- assumption
- ballpark
- bet
- conjecture
- educated guess
- estimate
- guess
- guesstimate
- overestimate
- preception
- presumption
- presupposition
- proposition
- propositional
- shot
- supposition
- surmise
- underestimate
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