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conceiveconceive /kənˈsiv/ ●●○ AWL verb ETYMOLOGYconceiveOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French conceivre, from Latin concipere to take in, conceive VERB TABLEconceive |
| Present | I, you, we, they | conceive | | he, she, it | conceives | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | conceived | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have conceived | | he, she, it | has conceived | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had conceived | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will conceive | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have conceived |
► first/originally conceived The atomic bomb was first conceived in the 1930s. THESAURUSto make or design something new for the first time► inventto make or design something new for the first time: Who invented the personal computer? The children invented a new game. ► create to invent or design something: The chicken dish was created by our new chef. ► come up with (also think up) informal to think of an idea, plan, etc. that is completely new. Think up sounds more informal than come up with: Teachers constantly have to think up new ways to keep the kids interested. Carson said he came up with the idea for the book about five years ago. ► conceive formal to think of an idea, plan, etc. that is completely new: It was Dr. Salk who conceived the idea of a polio vaccine. ► devise formal to plan or invent a way of doing something: He devised a set of gates that the water could push through when the pressure became high. ► innovate to invent or begin using new ideas, equipment, or ways of doing something: Firms need to innovate to keep the attention of the market. ► dream something up informal to think of a plan or idea, especially an unusual one: The company’s name was dreamed up by Harris’s 15-year-old daughter. 1[intransitive, transitive] formal to imagine a situation or what something is like: No one could have conceived a more romantic first meeting.conceive what/why/how etc. Many people find it hard to conceive what outer space is like.conceive of (doing) something I can’t conceive of voting for anyone else.conceive that It is difficult to conceive that our children might die before us.2[transitive] to think of a new idea or plan: Hastings is the man who conceived the show.conceive of something A large part of his time is spent conceiving of new ways to increase production.first/originally conceived The atomic bomb was first conceived in the 1930s.► see thesaurus at invent3[intransitive, transitive] science, biology to become pregnant: The clinic offers treatment for women who have had difficulty conceiving. [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French conceivre, from Latin concipere to take in, conceive] → see also concept, conception |