English-French translations for anchoring

• ancrage
  Ce qui précède souligne l'intérêt concret du concept pour l'ancrage de la dimension européenne dans les différents systèmes éducatifs. All of this underlines the concrete interest in anchoring the concept of the European dimension in the different educational systems.
  L'ancrage des objectifs et des droits sociaux ouvre le chemin vers la prochaine tâche: la création et la construction d'une Union européenne sociale. The anchoring of social objectives and rights is pointing the way to the next task: the creation and construction of a European social union.
  Vous devez assurer l'ancrage correct de vos propres responsabilités dans le droit budgétaire, et cela vaut aussi pour le président du Conseil. You yourselves must ensure the proper anchoring of your own responsibility in budgetary law, and this even applies to the President of the Council.

Definition of anchoring

• The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm
• 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

Related words

• anchor
• anchorman
• anchorwoman
• anchorite
• anchors
• anchored
• anchorage
• Anchorage
• anchorperson