ANCHORING — Definition of ANCHORING
verb
1
To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
2
To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
3
To stop; to fix or rest.
4
To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
noun
1
The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm.
2
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: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anchor
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