VERB | creation | conceive, gestate, conceptualize, conceptualise | have the idea for |
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cognition | conceive, think, believe, consider | judge or regard | |
body | conceive | become pregnant |
Sounds | kahnsiy'v | |
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Rhymes | achieve ... weave: 34 rhymes with iyv... |
Meaning | Have the idea for. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
Model | Did he conceive his major works over a short period of time? | |
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Synonyms | gestate, conceptualize, conceptualise | |
Narrower | design | conceive or fashion in the mind |
discover, find | make a discovery, make a new finding | |
preconceive | conceive beforehand | |
Broader | create by mental act, create mentally | Create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands |
Spanish | concebir, idear | |
Catalan | concebre, conceptualitzar, idear | |
Participle | preconceived | (of an idea or opinion) formed beforehand |
Nouns | conceiver | someone who creates new things |
concept | an abstract or general idea inferred / inferred / inferred / inferred or derived from specific instances | |
conception | the creation of something in the mind |
Meaning | judge or regard; look upon; judge. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "The racist conceives such people to be inferior" | |
Synonyms | think, believe, consider | |
Narrower | feel | Have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude |
hold | Remain committed to | |
rethink | change one's mind | |
see, consider, reckon, view, regard | deem to be | |
think | dispose the mind in a certain way | |
think of, repute, know as, be known as, regard as, look upon, look on, esteem, take to be | look on as or consider | |
Broader | evaluate, pass judgment, judge | form a critical opinion of |
Spanish | considerar, creer, opinar, pensar | |
Catalan | considerar, creure, pensar |
Meaning | Become pregnant; undergo conception. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
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Entails | copulate, mate, pair, couple | Engage in sexual intercourse |
Entailed by | abort | terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion |
give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have | Cause to be born | |
have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect | Be pregnant with | |
Narrower | superfetate | conceive when a fetus is already present in the uterus |
Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
Spanish | concebir | |
Catalan | concebir | |
Adjectives | conceptive | capable of conceiving |
Nouns | conception | the act of becoming pregnant |
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