conceive

Academic Word List, sublist 10.

About 5.80 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To have a child; to become pregnant (with).

   Assisted procreation can help those trying to conceive.

2. verb To develop; to form in the mind; to imagine.
3. verb To imagine (as); to have a conception of; to form a representation of.

   Can you conceive of him as a leader?

4. verb To understand (someone).

Similar words

conceptualize ideate think consider believe conceptualise imagine envisage envision conceivable

Often followed by

of that the a it how to and what

Word family

conceivable conceivably conceived conceiver conceivers conceives conceiving