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to reconceive

to reconceive

1 7.4
Think about or plan something in a new way
  • verb
  • /ˌriːkənˈsiːv/
translation icon : reconceptualizar
  • After the changes in management, the company decided to reconceive its marketing strategy entirely.
  • reconceived theology
  • needs to be reconceived

Scientific method has had to be reconceived over time.

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Examples

  • Incidental details may become important in a process of reconceiving or reclassifying the moral nature of an action.

    Academic text (1990)
  • But how, specifically, should social studies content be reconceived for student-centered learning?

    Academic text (2002)
  • That forces you to reconceive reality like all art should.

  • Scientific method has had to be reconceived over time.

  • Yet democracy has changed also; the ends of political life have been reconceived in recent years.

    Academic text (1993)
  • I suggest that the task of Roman Catholic ethics needs to be reconceived.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Or might we, by reconceiving our approach, contribute to the reinvigoration of civic life?

    Academic text (2000)
  • The central point here is that some entitlements that have historically been linked to employment should be reconceived, and their funding mechanisms reconfigured so that they do not tax and discourage the employment of human labor.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The team had to reconceive their project after receiving feedback from the client.

  • In order to stay relevant, artists often need to reconceive their work for a modern audience.

Synonyms

to envision
vsto reconceive
164 4.1

To picture something in your mind, often a possible future

is wider, covering general new thinking or planning, not only future images
to think up
vsto reconceive
48 3.2

To make up an idea, plan, or excuse

can mean rethinking or replanning an existing idea, not only inventing from scratch
to reframe
vsto reconceive
14 4.8

Change the way you think about something to see it in a better way

is broader, focusing on any new way of thinking or planning
to envisage
vsto reconceive
11 6.8

To form a picture in your mind of something not present

adds an active planning or rethinking element beyond just picturing it
to reinterpret
vsto reconceive
10 5.8

To explain something again in a different way to give it a new meaning

focuses more on changing the overall thought or plan rather than meaning only
to reimagine
vsto reconceive
9 4.7

Think of something in a new way

is similar but also explicitly covers planning as well as imagining
to reconceptualize
vsto reconceive
  • Formal
1 8.1

To think about something in a new way

is like this but can include imagining or making new plans too
to redevelop
vsto reconceive
1 4.7

To change and improve an idea, plan, or computer program

is more about changing the idea or plan, not only redevelopment work
to replan
vsto reconceive
1 3.7

To make a new plan after changes or problems

involves wider rethinking beyond making a practical new plan
to resituate
vsto reconceive
  • Formal
7.7

To place something in a new context so people see it differently

is broader, covering new ideas, images, and revised plans as well

How Different

to reinvent
102 4.3
to reconceive
1 7.4
to reimagine
9 4.7
to reconsider
227 3.7
rethink
4 4.2

Surface Forms

reconceive infinitive
reconceiving present participle
reconceives third person singular
reconceived past participle

Morphology

reconceive = conceive (transparent) = re + conceive

The prefix 're-' clearly contributes 'again' or 'anew' to the sense 'conceive', yielding 'conceive again or in a new way'.

Etymology

Reconceive joins re- meaning 'again' and conceive meaning 'to form an idea', the same root as concept. So, to reconceive is to think about or plan something again in a new way.