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- pronunciation:
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- features:
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
conceives, conceiving, conceived |
| definition 1: |
to give shape to in the mind.
She conceived a clever story.
- synonyms:
- fancy, imagine, invent, picture, think, visualize
- similar words:
- contrive, devise, frame, hatch, lay, plan
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| definition 2: |
to be able to think of.
I cannot conceive how our house will look painted purple.- synonyms:
- fancy, imagine, picture, visualize
- similar words:
- believe, think
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| definition 3: |
to become pregnant with.
She conceived her second child this year.- similar words:
- breed, generate, hatch
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| definition 4: |
to form an idea or concept (usually followed by "of").
Can you conceive of a world without computers?- similar words:
- create, think
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| related words: |
comprehend, create, fancy, imagine, initiate, invent, picture, realize, suppose |
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| derivation: |
conceiver (n.) |
The word conceive
contains the following parts:
con-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix con-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with c, d, f, g, j, n, s, t, and v. See com-. Note: con-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " conceive
."
Example words:
conceive, concentrate, conclude, conclusion, conduct, confer, conference, confide, confidence, confident, confine, confirm, conflict, conform, confuse, confusion, congratulate, congregate, congress, conjunction, connect, consonant, conspiracy, constant, construct, construction, contact, contain, container, context, continue, contract, convince, convict, conviction, inconceivable, inconspicuous, consequence
cap1, cip, capt, cept, -ceive, -ceit
Latin
root
that means to take, catch
Example words:
accept, acceptable, acceptance, capability, capable, capacity, captive, capture, conceive, concept, deceive, deception, except, exception, incapable, inconceivable, intercept, participant, participate, perceive, receive, reception
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