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单词 conceive
释义

conceiveverb

uk/kənˈsiːv/us/kənˈsiːv/

conceive verb (IMAGINE)

C2 [ I or T ] to imagine something:

I think my uncle still conceives of me as a four-year-old.
He couldn't conceive of a time when he would have no job.
[ + question word ] I can't conceive (= it is too shocking to imagine) how anyone could behave so cruelly.
[ + that ] I find it hard to conceive (= it is too shocking to imagine) that people are still treated so badly.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Imagining and conceiving

  • a reach of the imagination idiom
  • assume
  • blue-sky
  • conceivable
  • conceptualize
  • dream
  • feel
  • fertile
  • fertility
  • foundation
  • grant
  • look on/upon sb/sth as sth
  • mind
  • picture
  • presumption
  • put
  • put yourself in sb's place/position/shoes idiom
  • reckon
  • riot
  • suspicion

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conceive verb (INVENT)

C2 [ T ] to invent a plan or an idea:

He conceived the plot for this film while he was still a student.
The exhibition was conceived by the museum's director.
See also
concept

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Imagining and conceiving

  • a reach of the imagination idiom
  • assume
  • blue-sky
  • conceivable
  • conceptualize
  • dream
  • feel
  • fertile
  • fertility
  • foundation
  • grant
  • look on/upon sb/sth as sth
  • mind
  • picture
  • presumption
  • put
  • put yourself in sb's place/position/shoes idiom
  • reckon
  • riot
  • suspicion

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conceive verb (BECOME PREGNANT)

C2 [ I or T ] to become pregnant, or to cause a baby to begin to form:

Do you know exactly when you conceived?
The baby was conceived in March, so will be born in December.
See also
conception

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Obstetrics: pregnancy

  • anti-choice
  • artificial insemination
  • backstreet abortion
  • carry
  • child
  • ectopic pregnancy
  • embryo
  • embryonic
  • expect
  • family
  • fruitful
  • full-term
  • have a bun in the oven idiom
  • IVF
  • late-term
  • pro-choice
  • pro-life
  • surrogacy
  • trimester
  • trouble

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