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conceiver
con·ceive C0543100 (kən-sēv′)v. con·ceived, con·ceiv·ing, con·ceives v.tr.1. To become pregnant with (offspring): She conceived her first child in London, but her second child was conceived in Paris.2. To form or develop in the mind: conceive a plan to increase profits; conceive a passion for a new acquaintance.3. To apprehend mentally; understand: couldn't conceive the meaning of that sentence.4. To be of the opinion that; think: didn't conceive that such a tragedy could occur.5. To begin or originate in a specific way: a political movement that was conceived in the ferment of the 1960s.v.intr.1. To form or hold an idea: Ancient peoples conceived of the earth as flat.2. To become pregnant.
[Middle English conceiven, from Old French concevoir, conceiv-, from Latin concipere : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]
con·ceiv′a·bil′i·ty, con·ceiv′a·ble·ness n.con·ceiv′a·ble adj.con·ceiv′a·bly adv.con·ceiv′er n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | conceiver - someone who creates new thingsmastermind, originatorcreator - a person who grows or makes or invents thingsbeginner, founder, founding father, father - a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"groundbreaker, innovator, pioneer, trailblazer - someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or artmover, proposer - (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motionproposer, suggester - someone who advances a suggestion or proposal; "the suggester of this absurd strategy was a fool" |
IdiomsSeeconceiveconceiver
Synonyms for conceivernoun someone who creates new thingsSynonymsRelated Words- creator
- beginner
- founder
- founding father
- father
- groundbreaker
- innovator
- pioneer
- trailblazer
- mover
- proposer
- suggester
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