CONCEIVE


Meaning of CONCEIVE in English

(~s, conceiving, ~d)

1.

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

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

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

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

2.

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

The ancients ~d the earth as afloat in water...

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

Elvis ~d 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 ~ a plan or idea, you think of it and work out how it can be done.

She had ~d the idea of a series of novels...

He ~d of the first truly portable computer in 1968.

VERB: V n, V of n

4.

When a woman ~s, she becomes pregnant.

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

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

VERB: V, V n

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