conceive

v., -ceived, -ceiv·ing, -ceives.

v.tr.

1. To become pregnant with (offspring).
2. To form or develop in the mind; devise: conceive a plan to increase profits.
3. To apprehend mentally; understand: couldn't conceive the meaning of that sentence.
4. To be of the opinion that; think: didn't conceive such a tragedy could occur.
5. To begin or originate in a specific way: a political movement conceived in the ferment of the 1960s.

v.intr.

1. To form or hold an idea: Ancient peoples conceived of the earth as flat.
2. To become pregnant.

[Middle English conceiven, from Old French concevoir, conceiv-, from Latin concipere : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + capere, to take.]

conceivability con·ceiv'a·bil'i·ty or con·ceiv'a·ble·ness n.
conceivable con·ceiv'a·ble adj.
conceivably con·ceiv'a·bly adv.
conceiver con·ceiv'er n.

verb

1. To form mental images of: envisage, envision, fancy, fantasize, image, imagine, picture, see, think, vision, visualize. Informal feature. See thoughts.
2. To form a strategy for: blueprint, cast, chart, contrive, design, devise, formulate, frame, lay, plan, project, scheme, strategize, work out. Informal dope out. Idioms: lay plans. See planned/unplanned.
3. To perceive and recognize the meaning of: accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, take in, understand. Informal savvy. Slang dig. Chiefly British twig. Scots ken. Idioms: gethavea handle on, get the picture. See understand/misunderstand.

v

Definition: create
Antonyms: abort, destroy

v

Definition: understand
Antonyms: misunderstand, not believe

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To hold in the mind, or form an idea of something. It is important to distinguish it from conjuring a mental picture or rehearsal of the sensory awareness of a thing.

To become pregnant.

IN BRIEF: To think of an idea. Also: To become pregnant.

Rose conceived a brilliant plan that saved the business.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - undfange, fatte, forstå, finde på
v. intr. - undfange

Nederlands (Dutch)
zwanger worden, ontwerpen, verzinnen

Français (French)
v. tr. - concevoir (enfant), concevoir (idée, sentiments), croire
v. intr. - concevoir, tomber enceinte, imaginer ou concevoir (qch)

Deutsch (German)
v. - empfangen, entwickeln, vorstellen, denken

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (φυσιολ.) συλλαμβάνω, μένω έγκυος, φαντάζομαι, διανοούμαι

Italiano (Italian)
concepire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - conceber

Русский (Russian)
забеременеть, зачать, задумать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - concebir, idear
v. intr. - imaginarse, formarse un concepto de

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - tänka ut, tänka sig, fatta, avfatta, bli gravid

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
构思, 持有, 以为, 构想, 设想, 怀孕

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 構思, 持有, 以為
v. intr. - 構想, 設想, 懷孕

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 마음에 품다, 착상하다, 이해하다
v. intr. - 상상하다, 생각하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 心に抱く, 考える, 宿す, 妊娠する, 想像する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) حملت, حبلت, تخيل, تصور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הגה רעיון, הרתה, האמין, תיאר, הבין‬
v. intr. - ‮הגה רעיון, הרתה, האמין‬

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