to conceive

Examples

• All

• One may transcend any convention, if only one can first conceive of doing so.

  Cloud Atlas (2012)

• I just can't conceive of a president giving up that kind of power or forfeiting that kind of power.

  Alene B. Duerk: The First Woman Admiral (2020)

• I cannot conceive yet of what you mean.

• I cannot conceive of it!

  City of Angels (1998)

• Well, you know, nobody before him conceived anything like this.

  The Royal Institution

• According to White, the way people conceive of nature affects how they treat it.

  Academic text (1999)

• It's impossible to conceive of an authentic revolutionary... ...without this quality.

  Che: Part One (2008)

• He said what the mind of man can conceive and believe it can achieve.

• In contrast, the P21 Skills Map for the Arts conceives of the arts strictly as means to an end.

  Academic text (2013)

• I cannot conceive of a world without art and culture.

Synonyms

T

to think

vsto conceive

∞ 1.0

To have an opinion or guess about something

involves forming a specific considered idea or regard rather than general opinion

T

to think about

vsto conceive

∞ 1.0

To give attention to something in your mind

results in forming an idea or belief rather than just reflecting on it

T

to think of

vsto conceive

834 1.0

See someone or something in a certain way

forms an opinion or belief rather than only keeping something in mind

I

to imagine

vsto conceive

795 1.5

To think something is true without clear proof

forms an idea or opinion based on broader judgement or consideration

E

to envision

vsto conceive

164 4.1

To picture something in your mind, often a possible future

forms a general idea or belief not limited to future images

E

to entertain

vsto conceive

82 4.2

Think about an idea or possibility

forms a definite idea or opinion instead of mere consideration

C

to conceive of

vsto conceive

33 5.3

To imagine something as possible or real

is the single word variant without the added preposition

C

to conceptualize

vsto conceive

12 6.9

To form an idea in your mind about something

is the general act of forming an idea without technical emphasis

E

to envisage

vsto conceive

11 6.8

To form a picture in your mind of something not present

is broader, applying to forming ideas or opinions beyond mere imagery

I

to ideate

vsto conceive

8.4

To think of new ideas

forms an opinion or belief rather than generating planned creative outputs

Antonyms

D

to disregard

119 3.9

Ignore something or someone on purpose

Phrasal Verbs

C

to conceive of

33 5.3

To imagine something as possible or real

How Certain

to know

∞ 1.0

to believe

∞ 1.0

to conceive

84 4.7

to think

∞ 1.0

to suspect

925 3.6

Surface Forms

Etymology