[{"word":"anchoring","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cast anchor; to come to anchor.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream."},{"definition":"To stop; to fix or rest.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["bog down","embog","enmire","drop anchor","affix","fix","host","present","support","cease","hold"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["focalism"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anchor","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anchoring"]}]