to conceive

Examples

• All

• First published in early 1967, the newsletter was originally conceived as a biannual information piece for teachers.

  Academic text (1991)

• The new bathrooms she had designed were conceived with every thought for convenience and luxury.

  Fiction book (1990)

• We can shape your vision... to anything our imagination can conceive.

  Kwoon (2004)

• In the winter of 1975, I began to conceive the idea that my father was a spy.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The team will conceive a new strategy to improve customer engagement.

• She was excited to conceive a plan that would enhance the local community.

• After weeks of brainstorming, the group finally conceived an innovative product idea.

Synonyms

I

to imagine

vsto conceive

∞ 1.3

To form a picture in your mind of something not real

is more about inventing and turning ideas into specific plans or intentions

T

to think of

vsto conceive

866 2.1

Invent a plan or idea in your mind

focuses more on shaping and developing an idea into a plan

H

to have in mind

vsto conceive

224 3.2

To think of a certain person, thing, or idea

is more about creating and developing new ideas into full plans

E

to envision

vsto conceive

164 4.1

To picture something in your mind, often a possible future

emphasizes forming and developing a plan rather than just picturing future events

E

to entertain

vsto conceive

82 4.2

Think about an idea or possibility

goes further, forming and developing an idea into a plan or intention

T

to think up

vsto conceive

48 3.2

To make up an idea, plan, or excuse

involves longer forming and developing a full plan

P

to premeditate

vsto conceive

• Formal

39 8.1

To think about and plan something before doing it, often a harmful act

is broader, focusing on forming ideas and intentions without harmful intent

C

to conceive of

vsto conceive

33 5.3

To imagine something as possible or real

stresses creating and developing intentions and concrete plans rather than mere possibility

C

to contrive

vsto conceive

13 7.3

To invent a clever plan or excuse

is more neutral, not necessarily implying clever trickiness in planning

C

to conceptualize

vsto conceive

12 6.9

To form an idea in your mind about something

focuses more on developing practical plans or intentions from that concept

E

to envisage

vsto conceive

11 6.8

To form a picture in your mind of something not present

focuses more on creating and developing plans or concrete intentions than picturing

G

to gestate

vsto conceive

• Formal

3 7.5

To think about an idea for a long time until it becomes clear

refers to forming an idea without long slow mental growth

C

to create mentally

vsto conceive

6.7

To form an idea or picture in your mind

is about expanding that mental creation into a concrete plan or intention

I

to ideate

vsto conceive

8.4

To think of new ideas

leans more toward building those ideas into plans and intentions

Antonyms

D

to dismiss

332 3.0

To refuse to accept an idea or claim

Phrasal Verbs

C

to conceive of

33 5.3

To imagine something as possible or real

How Developed

design

942 2.8

to plan

∞ 1.0

to conceive

74 5.2

to think up

48 3.2

to imagine

∞ 1.3

Surface Forms

Etymology