Meaning of "conceive" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONCEIVE

From Old French conceivre, from Latin concipere to take in, from capere to take.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CONCEIVE

conceive  [kənˈsiːv]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONCEIVE

Conceive is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb conceive in English.

WHAT DOES CONCEIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fertilisation

Fertilization is the fusion of gametes to initiate the development of a new individual organism. In animals, the process involves the fusion of an ovum with a sperm, which eventually leads to the development of an embryo. Depending on the animal species, the process can occur within the body of the female in internal fertilisation, or outside. The cycle of fertilisation and development of new individuals is called sexual reproduction.

Definition of conceive in the English dictionary

The first definition of conceive in the dictionary is when intr, foll by of; when tr, often takes a clause as object to have an idea ; imagine; think. Other definition of conceive is to hold as an opinion; believe. Conceive is also to develop or form, esp in the mind.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CONCEIVE

PRESENT

Present

I conceive

you conceive

he/she/it conceives

we conceive

you conceive

they conceive

Present continuous

I am conceiving

you are conceiving

he/she/it is conceiving

we are conceiving

you are conceiving

they are conceiving

Present perfect

I have conceived

you have conceived

he/she/it has conceived

we have conceived

you have conceived

they have conceived

Present perfect continuous

I have been conceiving

you have been conceiving

he/she/it has been conceiving

we have been conceiving

you have been conceiving

they have been conceiving

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I conceived

you conceived

he/she/it conceived

we conceived

you conceived

they conceived

Past continuous

I was conceiving

you were conceiving

he/she/it was conceiving

we were conceiving

you were conceiving

they were conceiving

Past perfect

I had conceived

you had conceived

he/she/it had conceived

we had conceived

you had conceived

they had conceived

Past perfect continuous

I had been conceiving

you had been conceiving

he/she/it had been conceiving

we had been conceiving

you had been conceiving

they had been conceiving

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will conceive

you will conceive

he/she/it will conceive

we will conceive

you will conceive

they will conceive

Future continuous

I will be conceiving

you will be conceiving

he/she/it will be conceiving

we will be conceiving

you will be conceiving

they will be conceiving

Future perfect

I will have conceived

you will have conceived

he/she/it will have conceived

we will have conceived

you will have conceived

they will have conceived

Future perfect continuous

I will have been conceiving

you will have been conceiving

he/she/it will have been conceiving

we will have been conceiving

you will have been conceiving

they will have been conceiving

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would conceive

you would conceive

he/she/it would conceive

we would conceive

you would conceive

they would conceive

Conditional continuous

I would be conceiving

you would be conceiving

he/she/it would be conceiving

we would be conceiving

you would be conceiving

they would be conceiving

Conditional perfect

I would have conceive

you would have conceive

he/she/it would have conceive

we would have conceive

you would have conceive

they would have conceive

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been conceiving

you would have been conceiving

he/she/it would have been conceiving

we would have been conceiving

you would have been conceiving

they would have been conceiving

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you conceive
we let´s conceive
you conceive

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to conceive

Past participle

conceived

Present Participle

conceiving

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «CONCEIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «conceive» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of conceive

appreciate · apprehend · believe · comprehend · contrive · create · design · develop · devise · envisage · fancy · form · formulate · grasp · imagine · produce · project · purpose · suppose · think · think up · visualize

TRANSLATION OF CONCEIVE

Find out the translation of conceive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of conceive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «conceive» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 想像
• Translator English - Spanish: concebir
• English: conceive
• Translator English - Hindi: गर्भ धारण
• Translator English - Arabic: الحمل
• Translator English - Russian: зачать
• Translator English - Portuguese: conceber
• Translator English - Bengali: কল্পনা করা
• Translator English - French: concevoir
• Translator English - Malay: Hamil
• Translator English - German: sich vorstellen
• Translator English - Japanese: 想像する
• Translator English - Korean: 생각하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Ngandhut
• Translator English - Vietnamese: thụ thai
• Translator English - Tamil: கருத்தரிக்க
• Translator English - Marathi: विचार
• Translator English - Turkish: gebe kalmak
• Translator English - Italian: concepire
• Translator English - Polish: pojąć
• Translator English - Ukrainian: зачати
• Translator English - Romanian: concepe
• Translator English - Greek: συλλάβουν
• Translator English - Afrikaans: swanger
• Translator English - Swedish: conceive
• Translator English - Norwegian: unnfange

10 QUOTES WITH «CONCEIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word conceive.

1

William Ames

For this is our most perfect duty and yet least known to us by nature: Whatever we conceive or will should be joined with the good of our neighbor.

2

Michael Apted

Music video directors, who conceive, write and direct these works, enjoy no creative rights, receive no ongoing financial benefit from the sale of our work, and many times are not even credited.

3

John Badham

One thing I was thinking about the other day was you can't even conceive of the kinds of things you can do in movies today. The idea that you could draw, in a computer, dinosaurs and have them running around was totally impossible.

4

Bela Bartok

I cannot conceive of music that expresses absolutely nothing.

5

Charles Baudelaire

I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy.

6

Clive Bell

I will try to account for the degree of my aesthetic emotion. That, I conceive, is the function of the critic.

7

Helena Blavatsky

But the first differentiation of its reflection in the manifested World is purely Spiritual, and the Beings generated in it are not endowed with a consciousness that has any relation to the one we conceive of.

8

Geraldine Brooks

For most people, chemotherapy is no longer the chamber of horrors we often conceive it to be. Yes, it is an ordeal for some people, but it wasn't for me, nor for most of the patients I got to know during my four months of periodic visits to the chemo suite.

9

William Sloane Coffin

It's too bad that one has to conceive of sports as being the only arena where risks are, for all of life is risk exercise. That's the only way to live more freely, and more interestingly.

10

James Fenimore Cooper

I sometimes wish I had been educated a Catholic, in order to unite the poetry of religion with its higher principles. Are they necessarily inseparable? Is man really so much of a philosopher, that he can conceive of truth in its abstract purity, and divest life and the affections of all the aids of the imagination?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONCEIVE»

Discover the use of conceive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to conceive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

If at First You Don't Conceive: A Complete Guide to ...

Offers hope to prospective parents by explaining how to choose the right physician and infertility clinic, find proven treatments for each condition and understand the financial aspects of treatment, in a book that covers fertility drugs, ...

William Schoolcraft, 2010

Before You Conceive: The Complete Pregnancy Guide

The most authoritative, comprehensive guide to the critically important concern of reducing the risks to one's baby before conception is sure to become a classic in the field of preventive medicine.

John R. Sussman, B. Blake Levitt, 2009

Maternal Prenatal Attachment in Women who Conceive Through ...

The admission sample consisted of 113 women who conceived through in vitro fertilization and completed an on-line survey.

Jean Evelyn Pelski, 2007

Conceive Your Dreams

Howard Byrd. She did not ask Jacob to marry her, he fell in love. And she certainly did not ask her father to trick him. Rachel's situation is one of the classic examples of "don't hate me because I am beautiful." She had waited seven years for ...

Howard Byrd, 2006

Trying to Conceive: True stories of how couples overcame ...

I knew instinctively that my attitude had to change before this baby could freely come into my life... This was Michaela Ryan's experience of trying to fall pregnant and her story will resonate with many couples trying to conceive.

Michaela Ryan, 2009

A Concordance to the Poems of Robert Browning

Conceive 404 Concerning With much beside you know or may conceive ? ... 466.52 Bishop B. 910 Being, as I find much reason to conceive 468.65 Cleon 75 Conceive her born in such a magic dome, 476.47 Balcony 106 His fear than you  ...

Fertility Facts

This chunky volume offers hundreds of ways, sourced from doctors and the latest research by the experts at Conceive Magazine, for women to conceive faster.

Editors of Conceive Magazine, Kim Hahn, 2012

Tell Me What to Eat If I Am Trying to Conceive: Nutrition ...

Answers questions about trying to conceive, from an overview of the general stages of conception and some of the causes of fertility problems, to the many ways in which diet and lifestyle can impact a woman's chances of conceiving.

Kimberly A. Tessmer, 2011

The Fertility Plan: A proven three-month programme to help ...

This is a unique collaboration that combines the best of Dr David's and Jill Blakeway’s expertise.

Jill Blakeway, Sami David, 2009

Cooking to Conceive: Fertility-Boosting Foods & Recipes to ...

Brimming with expert advice and tips, this is the unparalleled resource for any woman preparing to start a family.

Editors of Conceive Magazine, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONCEIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term conceive is used in the context of the following news items.

The Tangled Web We Weave When We Artificially Conceive

A bullet-riddled bust of St. Ephrem in the remains of St. Mary's Syrian Orthodox parish in Homs. – Courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need. «National Catholic Register, Jul 15»

'Miracle baby' for cancer patient

Doctors had preserved part of Madam Siti's ovarian tissue and implanted it back after her recovery, to enable her to conceive naturally. «The Straits Times, Jul 15»

Why One Mom Spent $100K to Guarantee Baby No. 3 Is a Girl

Rose Costa went through seven rounds of IVF for $100,000, despite having no fertility issues, in order to conceive a girl after having two sons. «Yahoo Parenting, Jul 15»

Why Rod Stewart stopped wearing tight trousers

... medical director at the London Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health, advised men who are looking to conceive to avoid wearing very ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

Infertility: The Physical Self

The first port of call for a couple who have actively been trying to conceive for more than 12 months is usually the G.P., who will after running ... «TV3.ie, Jul 15»

One spouse feels the urgency when couple can't conceive

This effort to conceive takes the joy out of trying and our lovemaking has turned into a job rather than celebrating that joy. I realize I should have ... «CatholicPhilly.com, Jul 15»

'Beef diet helped me conceive': Vegetarian woman reversed low …

... Competitions · Love & Sex · Home · Life & Style · Real Life; 'Beef diet helped me conceive': Vegetarian woman reversed low fertility with meat ... «Daily Star, Jul 15»

Ovuline's apps harness reproductive data to help couples conceive

The power of big data is helping to harness the intricate physiological processes that control fertility, helping more women conceive babies. «BetaBoston, Jul 15»

Mum who refused to give up and spent £70k on 17 IVF attempts …

One in six couples struggle to conceive naturally, and for those who go down the IVF route, there is an average success rate of twenty-four per ... «Irish Mirror, Jul 15»

6 Reasons July Is a Great Time to Conceive a Baby

When you conceive a baby in July, you'll have a baby after cold and flu season is done. Amen! This means it's easier to be out and about with ... «POPSUGAR, Jul 15»