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