query | When a woman c________, she becomes pregnant.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. |
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word | conceive |
full-definition | verb 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 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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