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

CONCEIVE definition: 1. to imagine something: 2. to invent a plan or an idea: 3. to become pregnant, or to cause a…. Learn more.

1. to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while on vacation. 2. to form a notion or idea of; imagine: Would you ever have conceived such behavior in public? 3. to hold as an …

Definition of conceive verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [transitive] conceive something (formal) to form an idea, a plan, etc. in your mind. He conceived the idea of transforming …

CONCEIVE definition: to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.). See examples of conceive used in a sentence.

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to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation. imagine. believe: I can't conceive that it would be of any use. to experience or form (a feeling): to conceive a …

• It was impossible to conceive of her as dead. • On the other hand, we have mental activity which enables us, second-by-second, to conceive of ourselves as mental entities.

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, each of which would reveal some aspect of Chinese life.

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