verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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It was suggested above that the duty of care is best conceived as imposing essentially procedural standards.
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As conceived by writer-director Victor Salva, our male protagonists are more symbolic than human.
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Something informing these descriptions of Wilde and his art is a fear of degeneration as conceived by writers of the time.
originally
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That is not the way Alma Cogan originally conceived her lyric.
■ NOUN
child
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They had loved each other, shared a life together, conceived a beautiful child together.
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They conceive a child , marry and quickly divorce at the grandparents' behest.
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If she were to conceive a child in these circumstances she would hardly believe that any part of it was hers.
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The Clintons have neither conceived nor adopted a child since the birth of Chelsea 16 years ago.
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Mary was to conceive a child without the usual help of the male.
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It could lead to the poor of the world conceiving children and selling the foetuses to help the rich.
idea
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It was during this period that he conceived the idea of an airline devoted to small package shipments.
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Y., which conceived the idea and grew the potatoes.
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It is aimed at beginners with clear minds and no pre-conceived ideas about what writing is all about!
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It was here that he first conceived the idea of being a peasant painter.
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So we drove up the Llanberis Pass and on the way conceived the unoriginal compromise idea of a Snowdon Horseshoe circuit.
plan
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Recognizing in Laz a kindred passion, I conceive a plan .
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To stop Tootle from going astray, the townspeople get together and conceive ofa clever plan , in which they all participate.
process
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Henceforth the whole cosmos or at least the whole solar system must be conceived as a process of constant historical change.
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Jane Addams conceived of the process in terms of learning and democracy.
■ VERB
try
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This leads to problems when I try to conceive of my own knowing, believing or thinking in behaviourist terms.
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Married at 44, she tried to conceive naturally until going through menopause at age 46.
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Although I did what I could to try to conceive a girl, I couldn't be sure that I had.
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She placed another thick branch on the fire and tried to conceive a sensible agenda for the day.
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Moore's method of isolation bids us try to conceive a sample of such education in entire isolation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"We wanted to make something new and original,'' said Colin Smith, the man who conceived the show.
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Ben and Tracy are hoping to conceive a second child soon.
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I don't believe an author could have conceived a more romantic first meeting.
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The painting is beautifully conceived in every way -- composition, colour and texture.
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The young Edvard Munch conceived of a radically new approach to his art.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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First results from the lambs born to the 76 ewes that conceived as a result of using frozen Est-a-Laine semen were satisfactory.
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Ovulation prediction tests are not only for those having problems conceiving.
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Probably conceived in utero, he first spoke these words to me when we were considering Yeats' epitaph.
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Recognizing in Laz a kindred passion, I conceive a plan.
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She could not refuse him; and conceived again.
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The female nude has been conceived as an expression of fundamental principles of order and design.
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Though our results need replication, this suggests that our results may be applicable to women attempting to conceive naturally.