adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a preconceived notion (= an idea that you have before you have enough knowledge or experience )
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The police were accused of twisting the evidence to meet their preconceived notion of his guilt.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
idea
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The reader must judge from this account, written by some one who approached his subject with no preconceived ideas either way.
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For him, the facts based on them were treated as facts, and not related to some preconceived idea ....
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People and even nations are often pigeon-holed according to people's preconceived ideas , which are of course seldom accurate.
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Many guests visit restaurants with preconceived ideas of what they should eat.
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It overrides all conception, all preconceived ideas of what you think you want or need.
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Some people tend to have preconceived ideas about us because we're young and female.
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Their strengths are rather in clearing the ground of preconceived ideas about the arts, and putting new points of view.
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There was no preconceived idea of what percentage any such opening might involve.
notion
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I know it is idiotically wrong to have preconceived notions about looks.
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I was not about to confront her preconceived notions head-on.
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The content and form of social and economic formations along with institutions can not be properly investigated by projecting preconceived notions .
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Finding unit costs which support preconceived notions is easy but ultimately useless.
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Judging the awards is a fascinating experience which has a refreshing tendency to challenge preconceived notions .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Any preconceived image she had of James and Elaine Morris was instantly forgotten when they walked towards her.
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For him, the facts based on them were treated as facts, and not related to some preconceived idea ....
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I know it is idiotically wrong to have preconceived notions about looks.
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I was not about to confront her preconceived notions head-on.
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The content and form of social and economic formations along with institutions can not be properly investigated by projecting preconceived notions.
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The other type of offence involved in effect a preconceived and premeditated pitched battle, often accompanied by the use of weapons.
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The reader must judge from this account, written by some one who approached his subject with no preconceived ideas either way.
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Those who come to it fresh, without preconceived ideas of how a spreadsheet works, will find it a dream.