Definition of conceivable in English:
conceivable
adjective kənˈsiːvəb(ə)lkənˈsivəb(ə)l
Capable of being imagined or grasped mentally.
a mass uprising was entirely conceivable
in every conceivable way that action was entirely wrong
the body was photographed from every conceivable angle
Example sentencesExamples
- This technology involves 20 cameras filming every home game from every conceivable angle.
- No conceivable counter-measures effort could possibly have achieved more.
- It is conceivable that we will find ourselves going to the polls again to redefine our citizenship.
- Cars, credit cards and every other conceivable product are today being aimed at women.
- Is it conceivable that Europe will one day attain the position America has enjoyed?
- It was the director, hunched forward in his chair before a wall of monitors covering every conceivable angle on the field.
- The pictures covered every conceivable subject and were a credit to those who painted them.
- It makes sense to enquire as energetically as possible into the greatest conceivable truth.
- It is for things to be such that it is conceivable or imaginable for knowledge of them to be had which would enable us to know the future.
- Isn't it conceivable he could be almost to Chicago by now, or at least well out of this area?
- What is it, that causes us to pat our own back on every conceivable occasion?
- It's also quite conceivable that he may be in the process of destroying them right now.
- There would not be enough room on any conceivable vessel to hold enough specimens of all the species.
- She was mentally running through every conceivable reason for her daughter not to make contact.
- It is conceivable that the story of our imaginary graduate student might end more happily.
- Then it is argued that what is imaginable or conceivable is metaphysically possible.
- Yet Brayton clung to them as long as any conceivable argument could be made for them.
- There were countless volumes ranging over almost every subject imaginable and in little conceivable order.
- It is conceivable that such a day could come, but it is certainly not on the horizon now.
- In the meantime, be sure to cover any opinions presented here from all conceivable angles.
Synonyms
imaginable, possible
plausible, tenable, credible, believable, thinkable, feasible, creditable, admissible
understandable, comprehensible
informal mortal
rare cogitable
Definition of conceivable in US English:
conceivable
adjectivekənˈsivəb(ə)lkənˈsēvəb(ə)l
Capable of being imagined or grasped mentally.
a mass uprising was entirely conceivable
it was photographed from every conceivable angle
Example sentencesExamples
- It's also quite conceivable that he may be in the process of destroying them right now.
- In the meantime, be sure to cover any opinions presented here from all conceivable angles.
- It was the director, hunched forward in his chair before a wall of monitors covering every conceivable angle on the field.
- Cars, credit cards and every other conceivable product are today being aimed at women.
- It makes sense to enquire as energetically as possible into the greatest conceivable truth.
- What is it, that causes us to pat our own back on every conceivable occasion?
- It is conceivable that such a day could come, but it is certainly not on the horizon now.
- Is it conceivable that Europe will one day attain the position America has enjoyed?
- Yet Brayton clung to them as long as any conceivable argument could be made for them.
- It is conceivable that the story of our imaginary graduate student might end more happily.
- Isn't it conceivable he could be almost to Chicago by now, or at least well out of this area?
- This technology involves 20 cameras filming every home game from every conceivable angle.
- There were countless volumes ranging over almost every subject imaginable and in little conceivable order.
- She was mentally running through every conceivable reason for her daughter not to make contact.
- There would not be enough room on any conceivable vessel to hold enough specimens of all the species.
- Then it is argued that what is imaginable or conceivable is metaphysically possible.
- It is conceivable that we will find ourselves going to the polls again to redefine our citizenship.
- It is for things to be such that it is conceivable or imaginable for knowledge of them to be had which would enable us to know the future.
- No conceivable counter-measures effort could possibly have achieved more.
- The pictures covered every conceivable subject and were a credit to those who painted them.