CONCEIVE


Meaning of CONCEIVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kənsi:v ]

( conceives, conceiving, conceived)

1.

If you cannot conceive of something, you cannot imagine it or believe it.

I just can’t even conceive of that quantity of money...

He was immensely ambitious but unable to conceive of winning power for himself.

VERB : usu with brd-neg , V of n / -ing , V of n / -ing , also V that

2.

If you conceive something as a particular thing, you consider it to be that thing.

The ancients conceived the earth as afloat in water...

We conceive of the family as being in a constant state of change...

Elvis conceived of himself as a ballad singer.

VERB : V n as n / -ing , V of n as n / -ing , V of n as n / -ing

3.

If you conceive a plan or idea, you think of it and work out how it can be done.

She had conceived the idea of a series of novels...

He conceived of the first truly portable computer in 1968.

VERB : V n , V of n

4.

When a woman conceives , she becomes pregnant.

Women, he says, should give up alcohol before they plan to conceive...

A mother who already has non-identical twins is more likely to conceive another set of twins.

VERB : V , V n

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