I cannot conceive why she has done such a thing.
Source: tatoeba (24648)
Conceive
//kənˈsiːv//
Synonyms for "conceive" (258 found)
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Closest matches (52)
Strong matches (77)
conjectureconjure upconsidercontrivecook upcouchcouch in termscreatedaresaydeducedeemdesigndevelopdevisedigdigestdiscerndiscoverdivinedo
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dreamdream upeffecteffectuateembody in wordsendow with lifeenergizeengenderentertain ideasenvisageenvisionestablishesteemestimateevolveexcogitateexercise the mindexpectexperience imaginativelyexpressfabricatefancyfantasizefatherfathomfeaturefeelfictionalizefollowformform ideasformularizeformulatefoundframegathergenerategetget hold ofget the driftget the hang ofget the ideaget the picturegive being togive birthgive birth togive expression togive life togive occasion togive origin togive rise togive words tograntgraspguess
Related words (129)
hatchhavehave a hunchhave an ideahave an impressionhave an inklinghave information abouthave it tapedhave knowledge ofhave the ideaheedholdhold ashypothesizeideateimageimagineimproviseinaugurateinfer
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inspiritinstituteintellectualizeinventjudgekenknowlearnletlet belook upon asmaintainmakemake domake do withmake outmake upmarkmastermastermindmaturemeditatemintmoldnotenoticeobserveoccasionopineoriginateparagraphperceivephraseplanplotponderpositpossesspostulateprefigureprehendpresentpresumepresupposepresurmiseprocreateproduceprojectprovisionally acceptputput in wordsquickenreadrealizereasonreckonrecognizeregardremarkreputerhetorizeruminatesavvysayseeseizeseize the meaningsenseset afloatset down asset on footset outset upshapesirespawnspeculatestatestrike outstylesuggestsuperfetatesupposesurmisesuspecttaketake fortake for grantedtake intake ittake to bethink outthink uptrowtwigunderstandview asvisionvisualizevitalizevivifyweenwitwordworkwotwot of
Verb(2 words)
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2 entriesderived
11 entriesentails
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8 entriesTranslations
115 translations across 37 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- krijoj verb (to develop an idea)
- mendoj verb (to develop an idea)
Arabic
2 entries- حَبِلَ verb (to become pregnant)
- خَرَجَ بِ verb (to develop an idea)
Armenian
2 entries- հղանալ verb (to develop an idea)
- հղիանալ verb (to become pregnant)
Bulgarian
4 entries- забремене́я verb (to become pregnant)
- забременя́вам verb (to become pregnant)
- замислям verb (to develop an idea)
- разбирам verb (to understand someone)
Catalan
1 entries- concebre verb (to develop an idea)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 懂 verb (to understand someone)
- 懷 /怀 verb (to become pregnant)
- 懷孕 /怀孕 verb (to become pregnant)
- 有喜 verb (to become pregnant)
Czech
4 entries- chápat verb (to understand someone)
- formulovat verb (to develop an idea)
- koncipovat verb (to develop an idea)
- otěhotnět verb (to become pregnant)
Danish
1 entries- forstå verb (to understand someone)
Dutch
3 entries- begrijpen verb (to understand someone)
- krijgen verb (to develop an idea)
- zwanger worden verb (to become pregnant)
Egyptian
1 entries- E9-wr:r-B2 verb (to become pregnant)
Esperanto
3 entries- gravediĝi verb (to become pregnant)
- koncepti verb (to develop an idea)
- koncipi verb (to become pregnant)
Estonian
2 entries- käsitama verb (to understand someone)
- rasestuma verb (to become pregnant)
Finnish
4 entries- kehitellä verb (to develop an idea)
- suunnitella verb (to develop an idea)
- tulla raskaaksi verb (to become pregnant)
- ymmärtää verb (to understand someone)
French
3 entries- concevoir verb (to develop an idea)
- concevoir verb (to become pregnant)
- tomber enceinte verb (to become pregnant)
Galician
1 entries- argallar verb (to develop an idea)
German
4 entries- empfangen verb (to understand someone)
- empfangen verb (to become pregnant)
- erdenken verb (to develop an idea)
- ersinnen verb (to develop an idea)
Greek
4 entries- αντιλαμβάνομαι verb (to understand someone)
- διανοούμαι verb (to develop an idea)
- εννοώ verb (to understand someone)
- καταλαβαίνω verb (to understand someone)
Hungarian
4 entries- elgondol verb (to develop an idea)
- elképzel verb (to develop an idea)
- kiagyal verb (to develop an idea)
- kieszel verb (to develop an idea)
Italian
4 entries- concepire verb (to develop an idea)
- concepire verb (to understand someone)
- concepire verb (to become pregnant)
- ideare verb (to develop an idea)
Japanese
3 entries- 妊娠する verb (to become pregnant)
- 孕む verb (to become pregnant)
- 思い付く verb (to develop an idea)
Korean
3 entries- 마음에 품다 verb (to develop an idea)
- 이해하다 verb (to understand someone)
- 임신하다 verb (to become pregnant)
Latin
3 entries- concipiō verb (to develop an idea)
- imaginor verb (to develop an idea)
- teneo verb (to understand someone)
Middle English
3 entries- conceyven verb (to develop an idea)
- conceyven verb (to understand someone)
- conceyven verb (to become pregnant)
Mwali Comorian
1 entries- urenga mimba verb (to become pregnant)
Māori
3 entries- tinaku verb (to become pregnant)
- tō verb (to become pregnant)
- whakaira tangata verb (to become pregnant)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- urenga hamili verb (to become pregnant)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- unnfange verb (to develop an idea)
- unnfange verb (to become pregnant)
Portuguese
3 entries- compreender verb (to understand someone)
- conceber verb (to develop an idea)
- conceber verb (to become pregnant)
Russian
4 entries- бере́менеть verb (to become pregnant)
- забере́менеть verb (to become pregnant)
- замышлять verb (to develop an idea)
- зача́ть verb (to become pregnant)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- shvatiti verb (to understand someone)
- zamisliti verb (to develop an idea)
- začeti verb (to become pregnant)
Slovene
1 entries- zanositi verb (to become pregnant)
Spanish
3 entries- concebir verb (to develop an idea)
- concebir verb (to understand someone)
- concebir verb (to become pregnant)
Tagalog
1 entries- maglihi verb (to become pregnant)
Turkish
4 entries- anlamak verb (to understand someone)
- gebe kalmak verb (to become pregnant)
- hamile kalmak verb (to become pregnant)
- yaratmak verb (to develop an idea)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎅𐎗𐎊 verb (to become pregnant)
Ukrainian
3 entries- завагі́тніти verb (to become pregnant)
- заду́мувати verb (to develop an idea)
- розумі́ти verb (to understand someone)
Welsh
1 entries- beichiogi verb (to become pregnant)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
We cannot conceive science without a hypothesis.
Source: tatoeba (25317)
I can't conceive how I could have made such a mistake.
Source: tatoeba (264550)
I can't conceive of her deceiving me.
Source: tatoeba (308331)
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