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English verb: conceive | |||
| 1. | conceive (creation) have the idea for | ||
| Samples | He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients. This library was well conceived. | ||
| Examples | Did he conceive his major works over a short period of time? | ||
| Synonyms | conceptualise, conceptualize, gestate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | create by mental act, create mentally | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | design, discover, find, preconceive | ||
| 2. | conceive (cognition) judge or regard; look upon; judge | ||
| Samples | I think he is very smart. I believe her to be very smart. I think that he is her boyfriend. The racist conceives such people to be inferior. | ||
| Synonyms | believe, consider, think | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | evaluate, judge, pass judgment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | consider, esteem, feel, hold, look on, look upon, reckon, regard, regard as, repute, rethink, see, take to be, think, think of, view | ||
| 3. | conceive (body) become pregnant; undergo conception | ||
| Samples | She cannot conceive. My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change state, turn | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | superfetate | ||
| Entail | copulate, couple, mate, pair | ||
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