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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Anchor \An"chor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anchored; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Anchoring.] [Cf. F. ancrer.]
     1. To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor
        a ship.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to
        anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Till that my nails were anchored in thine eyes.
                                                    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Anchor \An"chor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anchored; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Anchoring.] [Cf. F. ancrer.]
     1. To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor
        a ship.
  
     2. To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to
        anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.
  
              Till that my nails were anchored in thine eyes.
                                                    --Shak.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  anchoring
     n.
     1 The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm.
     2 (lb en psychology) The tendency of people to place subsequently
  refined answers to a given question close to the initially estimated
  answer, giving undue weight to the initial answer, such as adjusting an
  initial estimate of 20% to 30% when 90% would be more appropriate.
     vb.
     (present participle of en anchor nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  anchoring
     n.
     1 The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm.
     2 (lb en psychology) The tendency of people to place subsequently
  refined answers to a given question close to the initially estimated
  answer, giving undue weight to the initial answer, such as adjusting an
  initial estimate of 20% to 30% when 90% would be more appropriate.
     vb.
     (present participle of en anchor nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  anchoring
     n.
     1 The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm.
     2 (lb en psychology) The tendency of people to place subsequently
  refined answers to a given question close to the initially estimated
  answer, giving undue weight to the initial answer, such as adjusting an
  initial estimate of 20% to 30% when 90% would be more appropriate.
     vb.
     (present participle of en anchor nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  anchoring
     n.
     1 The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm.
     2 (lb en psychology) The tendency of people to place subsequently
  refined answers to a given question close to the initially estimated
  answer, giving undue weight to the initial answer, such as adjusting an
  initial estimate of 20% to 30% when 90% would be more appropriate.
     vb.
     (present participle of en anchor nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  anchoring
     Englanti n.
     ankkurointi
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm a nchor ing)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Anchoring /ˈaŋkəɹɪŋ/
  الرّسو