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- Dictionarycon·ceive/kənˈsēv/
verb
- 1. become pregnant with (a child): "she was conceived when her father was 49"
- 2. form or devise (a plan or idea) in the mind: "the dam project was originally conceived in 1977" Similar
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CONCEIVE definition: 1. to imagine something: 2. to invent a plan or an idea: 3. to become pregnant, or to cause a…. Learn more.
The meaning of CONCEIVE is to become pregnant with (young). How to use conceive in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Conceive.
Conceive definition: to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.). See examples of CONCEIVE used in a sentence.
If you conceive a plan or idea, you think of it and work out how it can be done. She had conceived the idea of a series of novels. [VERB noun] He conceived of the first truly portable computer in 1968. [VERB + of] 4. verb. When a woman conceives, she becomes pregnant.
To conceive is to come up with an idea. If you conceive a plan for your little brother's birthday, you dream up the perfect party, complete with a magician, rented ponies, and a cake shaped like a rocket.
Definition of conceive verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
CONCEIVE definition: 1. to become pregnant 2. to be able to imagine something: 3. to think of an idea or plan: . Learn more.
used to tell people to stop working for a few minutes. conceive meaning, definition, what is conceive: to imagine a particular situation or to ...: Learn more.
I just can't even conceive of that quantity of money. We could not conceive that he might soon be dead. 2. transitive verb/intransitive verb. If you conceive something as a particular thing, you consider it to be that thing. The ancients conceived the earth as afloat in water.
