(~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