conceivable
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4.6
- adjective
- /kənˈsiːvəbl/
:
concebible
- There was, in any event, no conceivable legal reason why she should not present to an academic.
- it is conceivable that
- quite conceivable
- just conceivable
And so, you know, it is conceivable that it is generically true.
- And so, you know, it is conceivable that it is generically true.
- Is it as if it's conceivable that it's actually two countries?
- So we have miles to go before any of this is conceivable in most of the Arab world.
- So they voted against every conceivable form that Brexit might have practically taken.
- I'm so beyond scared in every conceivable way.
- You said imagine the greatest conceivable island.
- And what happened was they just tried to silence him in every conceivable way.
- Every recipe tested for every possible pitfall, and nobody could make any conceivable mistake.
- If they ever are prosecuted, the the courts will, will hand down the tiniest conceivable sentence.
- Nobody knows exactly when language started, and I suppose it's still still conceivable that there was no language until the so-called Great Leap forward.
- Bhaskar seems to think that the only conceivable goal under capitalism is the pursuit of profit, but that isn't even true today.
Examples
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Every conceivable thing that could go wrong has been taken into consideration.
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It is conceivable that humans will one day explore other planets.
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Like my life has changed in every conceivable fashion.
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We're gonna go after him in every conceivable way.
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"Do you think it is conceivable that this poor woman did it alone?"
Fiction book (1990) -
The requirements will handle any conceivable multiple disaster scenario.
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One struggles to think of any conceivable issue where these conditions would arise.
Academic text (2013) -
I've got every conceivable disease there is.
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But it is, it is entirely conceivable that the planets you find out that will behave differently from Earth.
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It is conceivable that this declaration of war, following 20 years of fighting, may mark the final moments of a free China.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Able to happen or be achieved
62
3.6
Possible to think of in your mind
2
4.4
Something you can imagine happening
Able to be thought of or imagined
Antonyms
How Likely
946
1.0
∞
1.0
129
7.2
62
4.6
62
3.6
44
6.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Conceivable comes from the verb conceive, which originally meant to 'take into the mind' and comes from the parts con- ('with') and capere ('to take'). So, if something is conceivable, it is 'able to be imagined' or 'possible to think of'.