ANCHORING
15
Scrabble
18
WWF
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Definition
verb
- To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
- To cast anchor; to come to anchor.“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.
noun
- 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.
Source: Wiktionary
