Anchoring Definition

noun
The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm.
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(psychology) 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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verb

Present participle of anchor.

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Noun

Singular:
anchoring
Plural:
anchorings

Anchoring Sentence Examples

  • Make sure you are anchoring your tracks to a stud or ceiling joist.

  • She brought the machete down with a dull thud, anchoring the blade in the log.

  • Apparently Katie Couric is talented enough as a newscaster to go from co-anchoring the Today morning show for 15 years to take on the first female solo anchoring position for CBS in the evening.

  • As a permanent home the spider makes beneath the surface a thimble-shaped web, with inverted mouth, anchoring it to the weeds.

  • In 2006, when newscaster Katie Couric was set to take over anchoring the CBS Evening News, digitally altered photographs of her were sent out in media packages.

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