conceive

Meaning

1. (ambitransitive) To have a child; to become pregnant (with).
2. (transitive) To develop; to form in the mind; to imagine.
3. (ambitransitive, ditransitive, with-of) To imagine (as); to have a conception of; to form a representation of.
4. (transitive) To understand (someone).

Synonyms

imagine

think

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become pregnant

understand

pregnant

devise

consider

fancy

conceptualize

visualize

be pregnant

comprehend

apprehend

believe

envisage

realize

envision

meditate

design

think up

plan

engender

ideate

gestate

conception

be with child

conceptualise

bring forth

see

👀

realise

procreate

reflect

perceive

judge

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make up

remember

grasp

deem

hold

beget

contrive

get pregnant

ponder

formulate

generate

figure

remind

conjecture

concoct

calculate

Translations

concevoir

concepire

concebir

empfangen

erdenken

ausdenken

ersinnen

imaginer

pensare

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈsiːv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: conceyven

In summary

From Middle English conceyven, from Old French concevoir, conceveir, from Latin concipiō, concipere (“to devise, to conceive”).