3syllables
anchoring
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Definitions ofanchoring
1verb
- To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
- To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
Example: "Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream."
- To stop; to fix or rest.
- To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
- To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
- To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.
1noun
- The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm.
- The tendency of people to place subsequently refined answers to a given question close to the initially estimated answer, giving unduly weight to the initial answer, such as adjusting the initial estimate of "20%" to "30%" when "90%" would be more appropriate.
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