LEARNit Dictionary
conceive
verb
/kənˈsiːv/
UK
/kənˈsiːv/
US
C1+
OPAL
1
C1+
to form an idea, a plan, etc. in your mind
تصور کردن, طرح کردن, ایدهپردازی کردن
2
C1+
to imagine something
تصور کردن, خیال کردن, مجسم کردن
God is often conceived of as male.
I cannot conceive
(that) he would wish to harm us.
I cannot conceive what it must be like.
3
C1+
when a woman
conceives
or
conceives a child
, she becomes pregnant
باردار شدن, حامله شدن, بار گرفتن
She is unable to conceive.
Their first child was conceived on their wedding night.
She was unable to conceive a child naturally and was offered fertility treatment.