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If you c_______ a plan or idea, you think of it and work out how it can be done.If you conceive a plan or idea, you think of it and work out how it can be done.
She had conceived the idea of a series of novels.
He conceived of the first truly portable computer in 1968.
word conceive
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If you cannot conceive of something, you cannot imagine it or believe it.
I just can't even conceive of that quantity of money.
He was immensely ambitious but unable to conceive of winning power for himself.
If you conceive something as a particular thing, you consider it to be that thing.
The ancients conceived the Earth as afloat in water.
We conceive of the family as being in a constant state of change.
Elvis conceived of himself as a ballad singer.
If you conceive a plan or idea, you think of it and work out how it can be done.
She had conceived the idea of a series of novels.
He conceived of the first truly portable computer in 1968.
When a woman conceives, she becomes pregnant.
Women, he says, should give up alcohol before they plan to conceive.
About one in six couples has difficulty conceiving.
A mother who already has non-identical twins is more likely to conceive another set of twins.
inflections conceivesconceivingconceived
cefr-level C1

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