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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.

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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(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus'den "conceive"nin tanımı © Cambridge University Press)

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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

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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.
By the time of the menopause, the egg cell stock is exhausted and the woman is no longer able to conceive children.
We cannot conceive of constructing a large house for 500 million citizens by forgetting the foundations on which our common home must rest.
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?
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.
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.
To conceive, give birth to and bring up a child is not just a private matter but a public task, a state task.
I cannot conceive of any other reasons.
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.