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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•ceive /kənˈsiv/USA pronunciation v., -ceived, -ceiv•ing. - to form (a notion, etc.) in the mind;
devise:[~ + object]He conceived the project while on vacation. - to form an idea;
think; envision; imagine:[~ + of + object]couldn't conceive of living without a television. - [~ + that clause] to hold as an opinion;
think; believe: I can't conceive that it would be of any use. - to form a notion of (something) as (something else);
consider; see:[~ (+ of) + object + as + object]We can conceive (of) the third dimension as a right angle to a flat two-dimensional surface. - to become pregnant (with): [no object]After three years of treatment with fertility drugs she finally conceived.[~ + object]The child was conceived during their stay in Africa.
con•ceiv•er, n. [countable]See -ceive-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•ceive (kən sēv′),USA pronunciation v., -ceived, -ceiv•ing. v.t. - to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.):He conceived the project while he was on vacation.
- to form a notion or idea of;
imagine. - to hold as an opinion;
think; believe:I can't conceive that it would be of any use. - to experience or form (a feeling):to conceive a great love for music.
- to express, as in words.
- to become pregnant with.
- to beget.
- to begin, originate, or found (something) in a particular way (usually used in the passive):a new nation conceived in liberty.
- [Archaic.]to understand;
comprehend. v.i. - to form an idea;
think (usually fol. by of ). - to become pregnant.
- Latin concipere to take fully, take in, equivalent. to con- con- + -cipere, combining form of capere to take
- Anglo-French, Old French conceivre
- Middle English 1250–1300
con•ceiv′er, n. - 2, 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See imagine.
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