conceive

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb have the idea for
  2. verb judge or regard; look upon; judge
  3. verb become pregnant; undergo conception

Etymology

From Middle English conceyven, from Old French concevoir, conceveir, from Latin concipiō, concipere (“to devise, to conceive”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

gestate, conceptualize, conceptualise

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