conceive suggests the forming and bringing forth and usually developing of an idea, plan, or design.

CONCEIVE definition: 1. to imagine something: 2. to invent a plan or an idea: 3. to become pregnant, or to cause a…. Learn more.

1. to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while on vacation. 2. to form a notion or idea of; imagine: Would you ever have conceived such behavior in public? 3. to hold as an …

Definition of conceive verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

CONCEIVE definition: to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.). See examples of conceive used in a sentence.

to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation. imagine. believe: I can't conceive that it would be of any use. to experience or form (a feeling): to conceive a …

• It was impossible to conceive of her as dead. • On the other hand, we have mental activity which enables us, second-by-second, to conceive of ourselves as mental entities.

conceive, v. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

To conceive is to come up with an idea. If you conceive a plan for your little brother's birthday, you dream up the perfect party, complete with a magician, rented ponies, and a cake shaped like a rocket.

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, each of which would reveal some aspect of Chinese life.