Значение "conceive" в словаре английского

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conceiveverb

uk ​ /kənˈsiːv/ us ​ /kənˈsiːv/

conceive verb (IMAGINE)

C2 [ I or T ] to imagine something:

I think my uncle still conceives of me as a four-year-old.
He couldn't conceive of a time when he would have no job.
[ + question word ] I can't conceive (= it is too shocking to imagine) how anyone could behave so cruelly.
[ + that ] I find it hard to conceive (= it is too shocking to imagine) that people are still treated so badly.

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conceive verb (BECOME PREGNANT)

C2 [ I or T ] to become pregnant, or to cause a baby to begin to form:

Do you know exactly when you conceived?
The baby was conceived in March, so will be born in December.
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conception

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(Определение conceive из Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

conceive в американском английском

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conceiveverb

us ​ /kənˈsiv/

conceive verb (IMAGINE)

› to bring a thought or idea into being; imagine:

[ I always + adv/prep ] When they talk about billions of dollars, I can’t even conceive of that much money.
[ + question word ] It’s hard to conceive what the world will be like a hundred years from now.

conceive verb (BECOME PREGNANT)

› [ I/T ] fml to become pregnant, or to cause a baby to begin to form

(Определение conceive из Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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I cannot conceive of agreements between states in which their mutual rights and responsibilities were not presented as being of equal value.
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By the time of the menopause, the egg cell stock is exhausted and the woman is no longer able to conceive children.
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We cannot conceive of constructing a large house for 500 million citizens by forgetting the foundations on which our common home must rest.
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How can we conceive of having to improve solvency in insurance terms, but not of asking ourselves the same question where pension funds are concerned?
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I cannot conceive that innovative businesses will settle in regions that often have few transport services and that, in fact, find it difficult to break this vicious circle.
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I cannot conceive either how one could ever envisage a conflict between the right of association or the right of assembly and the free movement of goods.
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To conceive, give birth to and bring up a child is not just a private matter but a public task, a state task.
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I cannot conceive of any other reasons.
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We cannot conceive the pursuit of agricultural reforms or the reform of structural policies without taking into consideration, at the same time, enlargement or financial constraints.
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