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updating one's priors

updating one's priors is the present participle and gerund 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 updating one's priors

What is updating one's priors the present participle and gerund of?
Updating one's priors is the present participle and gerund of update one's priors.

Words near updating one's priors in the dictionary

  1. updater
  2. updaters
  3. updates
  4. updates one's priors
  5. updating
  6. updating one's priors
  7. updatings
  8. updation
  9. updations
  10. Updegraff
  11. Updegraffs

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