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to conceive

to conceive

114 6.0
To become pregnant
  • verb
  • /kənˈsiːv/
: concebir
  • Is there any chance you would conceive another child with Greg Paul?
  • conceive a child
  • failure to conceive
  • unable to conceive

So our child was conceived in Peter Jones's bed.

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Examples

  • So our child was conceived in Peter Jones's bed.

  • It's also a very, very common cause of a woman's inability to conceive or get pregnant.

  • It's saying this is this woman has conceived and she will bear a son.

  • But before they before we even conceived a child, I created the environment for him.

  • All three of my brothers and sisters were conceived and born in Saint Louis.

  • And after these days his wife Elizabeth conceived and for five months she hid herself.

  • Gus, if we conceive this month, we would have the baby in January.

  • Top comment you just said to a couple that has been struggling to conceive to the point of paying for IVF.

  • Marie said that she had miscarried a child prior to conceiving Child Three.

    Academic text (2000)
  • After a year of trying to conceive, I was excited to learn I was pregnant.

Synonyms

to impregnate
vsto conceive
34 7.2

To make a woman, female animal, or an egg start to grow a baby

focuses on the person becoming pregnant rather than on the one causing it

Phrasal Verbs

To imagine something as possible or real

How Developed

full term
11 3.3
advanced
54 5.1
to gestate
  • Specialized
6 7.6
to conceive
114 6.0

Surface Forms

conceive infinitive
conceiving present participle
conceives third person singular
conceived past
conceived past participle

Etymology

Conceive comes from Latin parts con- 'together' and capere 'to take', and it was used for 'taking in' new life. So, to conceive a child is to 'take in' or receive a new life in the body.