Conceive
verb
To imagine or think of something in your mind.
He could not conceive how such a mistake could happen.
Often appears as...
- conceive an idea
- hardly conceive
verb
To become pregnant.
She was unable to conceive naturally and decided to try IVF.
Often appears as...
- conceive naturally
- conceive a child
verb
To form a plan or idea in your mind.
The criminal conceived a plan to rob the bank.
Often appears as...
- conceive a plan
- conceive the possibility
verb
To imagine or think of something in your mind.
He could not conceive how such a mistake could happen.
Often appears as...
- conceive an idea
- hardly conceive
verb
To become pregnant.
She was unable to conceive naturally and decided to try IVF.
Often appears as...
- conceive naturally
- conceive a child
verb
To form a plan or idea in your mind.
The criminal conceived a plan to rob the bank.
Often appears as...
- conceive a plan
- conceive the possibility
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Mental Visualization
Use 'conceive' when describing the ability to envision something that isn't present or real.
While reading, she could conceive the fantasy world vividly in her mind.
Pro Tip 2/3Perception Context
'Conceive' can imply understanding complex or abstract ideas mentally.
The child could not conceive the complexity of space travel.
Pro Tip 3/3Awareness Challenge
'Hardly conceive' is used to express difficulty in believing or understanding something.
I can hardly conceive the scale of the universe.
Pro Tip 1/3Mental Visualization
Use 'conceive' when describing the ability to envision something that isn't present or real.
While reading, she could conceive the fantasy world vividly in her mind.
Pro Tip 2/3Perception Context
'Conceive' can imply understanding complex or abstract ideas mentally.
The child could not conceive the complexity of space travel.
Pro Tip 3/3Awareness Challenge
'Hardly conceive' is used to express difficulty in believing or understanding something.
I can hardly conceive the scale of the universe.
Pro Tip 1/3Mental Visualization
Use 'conceive' when describing the ability to envision something that isn't present or real.
While reading, she could conceive the fantasy world vividly in her mind.
Pro Tip 2/3Perception Context
'Conceive' can imply understanding complex or abstract ideas mentally.
The child could not conceive the complexity of space travel.
Pro Tip 3/3Awareness Challenge
'Hardly conceive' is used to express difficulty in believing or understanding something.
I can hardly conceive the scale of the universe.
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Chasing Rivers, Part 1:...
and they believe that this is where they came from and where they go. This is their spirit world. And just to give you a little idea behind capturing some of these images, I conceived this image about five years ago, when I went down there on another trip, but you have to... first you have to get a permit to get down there. You get that, then you go down on the river trip,
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How the James Webb Space...
It is protected by a five-layer metalized plastic sunshade as large as a tennis court. This telescope is so large that it could not fit into the rocket without being folded up like origami. It's an incredible engineering accomplishment to be able to even conceive and build this telescope. So we built it.
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How to escape...
that is better than its teachers. Teachers are the lifeblood of the success of schools. But teaching is a creative profession. Teaching, properly conceived, is not a delivery system. You know, you're not there just to pass on received information.
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Why should you read...
"Crime and Punishment" was conceived and completed the following year, picking up on many of the same themes. In many ways, the novel follows a common narrative thread where a promising youth is seduced and corrupted by the dangers of urban life.
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The genes you don't get...
both in tandem with the organisms that contain them, and separately, on their own timeline. To understand how that’s possible, it helps to take a closer look at what the mitochondria inside us are doing, starting from the moment we’re conceived.
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How in vitro fertilizatio...
Her birth revolutionized the field of reproductive medicine. Given that approximately one in eight heterosexual couples has difficulty conceiving, and that homosexual couples and single parents often need clinical help to make a baby,
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WorldSpace: The world’s...
their lives that Hope has instructed my energies it has helped organize a small team of people of very dedicated people to actually conceive build launch and implement a global satellite network that is today poised to cover something
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Is the world getting...
and could someday encompass the globe. Much suffering remains and tremendous peril, but ideas on how to reduce them have been voiced, and an infinite number of others are yet to be conceived. We will never have a perfect world,
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ONE HOUR Of Amazing...
female humpback whale she's here with last year's calf and is ready to conceive another one he stops singing and follows her he may sing to her again but not if he thinks other males are close by
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How many verb tenses are...
Or do their diverse structures reflect different ways of thinking about the world and even time itself? And if so, what other ways of conceiving time may be out there?
Video examples
Chasing Rivers, Part 1:...
and they believe that this is where they came from and where they go. This is their spirit world. And just to give you a little idea behind capturing some of these images, I conceived this image about five years ago, when I went down there on another trip, but you have to... first you have to get a permit to get down there. You get that, then you go down on the river trip,
Video examples
How the James Webb Space...
It is protected by a five-layer metalized plastic sunshade as large as a tennis court. This telescope is so large that it could not fit into the rocket without being folded up like origami. It's an incredible engineering accomplishment to be able to even conceive and build this telescope. So we built it.
Video examples
How to escape...
that is better than its teachers. Teachers are the lifeblood of the success of schools. But teaching is a creative profession. Teaching, properly conceived, is not a delivery system. You know, you're not there just to pass on received information.
Video examples
Why should you read...
"Crime and Punishment" was conceived and completed the following year, picking up on many of the same themes. In many ways, the novel follows a common narrative thread where a promising youth is seduced and corrupted by the dangers of urban life.
Video examples
The genes you don't get...
both in tandem with the organisms that contain them, and separately, on their own timeline. To understand how that’s possible, it helps to take a closer look at what the mitochondria inside us are doing, starting from the moment we’re conceived.
Video examples
How in vitro fertilizatio...
Her birth revolutionized the field of reproductive medicine. Given that approximately one in eight heterosexual couples has difficulty conceiving, and that homosexual couples and single parents often need clinical help to make a baby,
Video examples
WorldSpace: The world’s...
their lives that Hope has instructed my energies it has helped organize a small team of people of very dedicated people to actually conceive build launch and implement a global satellite network that is today poised to cover something
Video examples
Is the world getting...
and could someday encompass the globe. Much suffering remains and tremendous peril, but ideas on how to reduce them have been voiced, and an infinite number of others are yet to be conceived. We will never have a perfect world,
Video examples
ONE HOUR Of Amazing...
female humpback whale she's here with last year's calf and is ready to conceive another one he stops singing and follows her he may sing to her again but not if he thinks other males are close by
Video examples
How many verb tenses are...
Or do their diverse structures reflect different ways of thinking about the world and even time itself? And if so, what other ways of conceiving time may be out there?
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Grant Shapps
British Politician
For anyone who has found it easy to conceive, it is perhaps hard to imagine how IVF can become all-encompassing in someone's life. The endless check-ups, scans, tests, periods of waiting and finally the day when you learn the result. It's a physically punishing process for the women and an emotionally exhausting process for both partners.
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Kamala Harris
American Vice President
In California, we have some of the strongest consumer protection laws in the country. While it is easy to conceive of innovation and regulation as mutually exclusive, California is proof that we can do both. We can innovate responsibly.
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Herbert Hoover
American President
Freedom conceives that the mind and spirit of man can be free only if he be free to pattern his own life, to develop his own talents, free to earn, to spend, to save, to acquire property as the security of his old age and his family.
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Gore Vidal
American Novelist
Most children tell themselves stories in which they figure as powerful figures, enjoying the pleasures not only of the adult world as they conceive it but of a world of wonders unlike dull reality.
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Henning Mankell
Swedish Writer
Africa was the most exotic place I could conceive of - the end of the world - and I knew I would go there one day.
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Gregg Wallace
English Celebrity
I've always eaten out a lot as I live life on the road, so I never conceived of eating anything healthy.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
American Author
To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the data in it all my life.
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Samantha Harvey
English Author
I conceived 'All Is Song' as a modernised, loosely interpreted version of Socrates's life.
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Helen Fisher
American Scientist
I can't conceive of caring more about my president than my own partner.
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Joseph Joubert
French Writer
The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.
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Grant Shapps
British Politician
For anyone who has found it easy to conceive, it is perhaps hard to imagine how IVF can become all-encompassing in someone's life. The endless check-ups, scans, tests, periods of waiting and finally the day when you learn the result. It's a physically punishing process for the women and an emotionally exhausting process for both partners.
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Kamala Harris
American Vice President
In California, we have some of the strongest consumer protection laws in the country. While it is easy to conceive of innovation and regulation as mutually exclusive, California is proof that we can do both. We can innovate responsibly.
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Herbert Hoover
American President
Freedom conceives that the mind and spirit of man can be free only if he be free to pattern his own life, to develop his own talents, free to earn, to spend, to save, to acquire property as the security of his old age and his family.
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Gore Vidal
American Novelist
Most children tell themselves stories in which they figure as powerful figures, enjoying the pleasures not only of the adult world as they conceive it but of a world of wonders unlike dull reality.
Quote examples
Henning Mankell
Swedish Writer
Africa was the most exotic place I could conceive of - the end of the world - and I knew I would go there one day.
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Gregg Wallace
English Celebrity
I've always eaten out a lot as I live life on the road, so I never conceived of eating anything healthy.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
American Author
To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the data in it all my life.
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Samantha Harvey
English Author
I conceived 'All Is Song' as a modernised, loosely interpreted version of Socrates's life.
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Helen Fisher
American Scientist
I can't conceive of caring more about my president than my own partner.
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Joseph Joubert
French Writer
The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.
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