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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
conceives, conceiving, conceived |
| definition 1: |
to give shape to in the mind.
She conceived a brilliant strategy.He gave himself a little time to conceive a good excuse.
- synonyms:
- conceptualize, design, envision, fancy, form, imagine, invent, picture, think, visualize
- similar words:
- contrive, devise, envisage, fabricate, formulate, frame, hatch, ideate, lay, plan
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| definition 2: |
to be able to think of or imagine.
He is so prepared this time that I cannot conceive his failing.She tried to conceive how she would look in thirty years.- synonyms:
- conceptualize, envision, fancy, imagine, picture, visualize
- similar words:
- believe, think
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| definition 3: |
to become pregnant with.
It was not long before she conceived her first child.- similar words:
- beget, breed, engender, generate, hatch, procreate, propagate
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| definition 4: |
to begin or originate.
Our book group was conceived over twelve years ago.- synonyms:
- begin, create, engender, form, generate, hatch, originate, start
- similar words:
- beget, breed, establish, found, institute, procreate
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| related words: |
comprehend, create, fancy, image, imagine, initiate, invent, mother, picture, realize, suppose |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to form a concept, idea, or image in one's mind (usu. fol. by "of").
The chef conceived of a fabulous new dessert.I could never have conceived of his running away like that.- synonyms:
- conceptualize, ideate, imagine, visualize
- similar words:
- create, think
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| definition 2: |
to become pregnant.
They had been married for several years but his wife had not conceived.- similar words:
- bear, breed, propagate, reproduce
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| related words: |
compose, imagine, procreate |
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| derivation: |
conceiver (n.) |
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