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updated one's priors

updated one's priors is the simple past and past participle of update one's priors.

Meaning of update one's priors

Verb

update one's priors (third-person singular simple present updates one's priors, present participle updating one's priors, simple past and past participle updated one's priors)

  1. (rationalist community) To change one's beliefs in the face of new evidence.
    • In others words, the study doesn't make me think I should update my priors much at all.2016 March 23, Aaron E. Carroll, “In Defense of Moderate Drinking (Again)”, in New York Times

Questions about updated one's priors

What is updated one's priors the simple past and past participle of?
Updated one's priors is the simple past and past participle of update one's priors.

Words near updated one's priors in the dictionary

  1. update one's priors
  2. updateabilities
  3. updateability
  4. updateable
  5. updated
  6. updated one's priors
  7. updater
  8. updaters
  9. updates
  10. updates one's priors
  11. updating

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