conceive of

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

conceive of - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" envisage, ideate, imagine create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands envision, fancy, picture, visualize, image, visualise, figure, see, project - imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" visualise, visualize - form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract; "Mathematicians often visualize" envision, foresee - picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President" fantasise, fantasize - portray in the mind; "he is fantasizing the ideal wife" prefigure - imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured" think - imagine or visualize; "Just think--you could be rich one day!"; "Think what a scene it must have been!" fantasise, fantasize, fantasy - indulge in fantasies; "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company" daydream, dream, woolgather, stargaze - have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy

Translations

? conceive of

vi +prep obj → sich (dat) → vorstellen; who first conceived of the idea? → wer hatte die Idee zuerst?, wem kam die Idee zuerst?; he absolutely refuses to conceive of cheating → Betrug käme ihm überhaupt nicht in den Sinn