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conceive of
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | conceive of - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?"envisage, ideate, imaginecreate by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's handsenvision, fancy, picture, visualize, image, visualise, figure, see, project - imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"visualise, visualize - form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract; "Mathematicians often visualize"envision, foresee - picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President"fantasise, fantasize - portray in the mind; "he is fantasizing the ideal wife"prefigure - imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"think - imagine or visualize; "Just think--you could be rich one day!"; "Think what a scene it must have been!"fantasise, fantasize, fantasy - indulge in fantasies; "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company"daydream, dream, woolgather, stargaze - have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy |
Translationsconceive of
conceive of (someone or something)To think of someone or something, often in a particular way. Considering her lack of patience, I have a really hard time conceiving of her as a kindergarten teacher. Leave it to Ben to conceive of a totally ridiculous plan.See also: conceive, ofconceive of someone or somethingto think of or invent the notion of someone or something. Who on earth ever conceived of doing this? Edison conceived of many very useful things that we now use every day.See also: conceive, ofconceive of
Related to conceive of: impregnated, fecundatesSynonyms for conceive ofverb form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the caseSynonymsRelated Words- create by mental act
- create mentally
- envision
- fancy
- picture
- visualize
- image
- visualise
- figure
- see
- project
- foresee
- fantasise
- fantasize
- prefigure
- think
- fantasy
- daydream
- dream
- woolgather
- stargaze
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