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to conceive

to conceive

103 6.0
To become pregnant
  • verb
  • /kənˈsiːv/
translation icon : 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
32 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
4 3.3
advanced
65 5.1
to gestate
  • Specialized
4 7.6
to conceive
103 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.