ANCHORING
9 letters
15 Scrabble points
Definition of ANCHORING
verb
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To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
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To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
"Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream."
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To stop; to fix or rest.
noun
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The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm.
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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.
Related words:
focalism
Source: Wiktionary
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Length
9 letters
Scrabble Score
15 points