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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3806 COCA: 4169

conceive

conceive /kənˈsiːv/ verb
conceives; conceived; conceiving
conceive
/kənˈsiːv/
verb
conceives; conceived; conceiving
Learner's definition of CONCEIVE
: to think of or create (something) in the mind想出;设想
[+ object]
[no object]
+ of
: to become pregnant怀孕
[no object]
[+ object]
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3806 COCA: 4169

conceive

verb

con·​ceive kən-ˈsēv How to pronounce conceive (audio)
conceived; conceiving

transitive verb

1
a
: to become pregnant with (young)
conceive a child
b
: to cause to begin : originate
a project conceived by the company's founder
2
a
: to take into one's mind
conceive a prejudice
b
: to form a conception of : imagine
a badly conceived design
cleverly conceived teleplays
3
: to apprehend by reason or imagination : understand
unable to conceive his reasons
It is easy enough to conceive the notion that your island is a sort of fortress. Paul Theroux
4
: to have as an opinion
I cannot conceive that he acted alone.

intransitive verb

1
: to become pregnant
2
: to have a conception
usually used with of
conceives of death as emptinessIt is hard to conceive of all the work that must have been involved in starting off from scratch. Harold Fromm
conceiver noun
Choose the Right Synonym for conceive

think, conceive, imagine, fancy, realize, envisage, envision mean to form an idea of.

think implies the entrance of an idea into one's mind with or without deliberate consideration or reflection.

I just thought of a good joke

conceive suggests the forming and bringing forth and usually developing of an idea, plan, or design.

conceived of a new marketing approach

imagine stresses a visualization.

imagine you're at the beach

fancy suggests an imagining often unrestrained by reality but spurred by desires.

fancied himself a super athlete

realize stresses a grasping of the significance of what is conceived or imagined.

realized the enormity of the task ahead

envisage and envision imply a conceiving or imagining that is especially clear or detailed.

envisaged a totally computerized operation
envisioned a cure for the disease

Example Sentences

When the writer conceived this role, he had a specific actor in mind to play the part. As conceived by the committee, the bill did not raise taxes. a woman who has been unable to conceive a woman who has been unable to conceive a child
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French conceivre, from Latin concipere to take in, conceive, from com- + capere to take — more at heave entry 1

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of conceive was in the 14th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3806 COCA: 4169
conceive

verb¹

1 (formal) think of/imagine考慮;想像ADVERB | VERB + CONCEIVE | PREPOSITION ADVERBbrilliantly, carefully, well聰明地構想;周密地設想;精心策劃The plan was brilliantly conceived.這個計劃設計得很高明。poorly設想得不充分broadly廣泛構思The course is very broadly conceived (= it covers a wide range of topics).這門課程涵蓋的範圍很廣。narrowly設想有局限性initially, originally最初構思The dam project was originally conceived in 1977.該水壩工程最初構想於 1977 年。VERB + CONCEIVEcannot不能夠想像I cannot conceive why you paid out so much money.我不能理解你為什麼付了這麼多錢。be difficult to, be impossible to難以/無法想像It is difficult to conceive of a society without money.很難想像一個沒有貨幣的社會會是什麼樣。be easy to, be possible to容易/可能理解PREPOSITIONof想像⋯We conceive of ourselves as individuals.我們把自己看成獨立的個體。
conceive

verb²

2become pregnant懷孕ADVERB | VERB + CONCEIVE ADVERBnaturally自然懷孕She was unable to conceive a child naturally and was offered fertility treatment.她因不能自然懷孕而接受不孕治療。immaculately無玷受胎the Christian belief in Jesus as being immaculately conceived認為耶穌成胎時蒙受天恩而未沾染原罪的基督教信仰VERB + CONCEIVEbe able to, be unable to能夠/不能懷孕

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