conceive

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

con·ceive AW [conceive conceives conceived conceiving] BrE [kənˈsiːv] NAmE [kənˈsiːv] verb
1. transitive (formal)to form an idea, a plan, etc. in your mind; to imagine sth
•~ sth He conceived the idea of transforming the old power station into an arts centre.
•~ of sth (as sth) God is often conceived of as male.
•~ (that)… I cannot conceive (= I do not believe) (that) he would wish to harm us.
•~ what/how, etc… I cannot conceive what it must be like.
2. intransitive, transitive when a woman conceives or conceives a child, she becomes pregnant
•She is unable to conceive.
•~ sth Their first child was conceived on their wedding night.
see also ↑conception
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French concevoir, from Latin concipere, from com- ‘together’ + capere ‘take’.

Word Family:
conceive verb
conceivable adjective (≠ inconceivable)
conceivably adverb
concept noun
conception noun
conceptual adjective

Example Bank:
•They conceived of a theory and stuck to it.
•I cannot conceive why you paid out so much money.
•It is difficult to conceive of a society without money.
•She was unable to conceive a child naturally and was offered fertility treatment.
•The course is very broadly conceived.
•The dam project was originally conceived in 1977.
•The plan was brilliantly conceived.
•We conceive of ourselves as individuals.
•the Christian belief in Jesus as being immaculately conceived

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  think, believe, consider, gestate, conceptualize, conceptualise