con·ceive

(kən-sēv′)

v. con·ceived, con·ceiv·ing, con·ceives

v.tr.

1. To become pregnant with (offspring): She conceived her first child in London, but her second child was conceived in Paris.

2. To form or develop in the mind: conceive a plan to increase profits; conceive a passion for a new acquaintance.

3. To apprehend mentally; understand: couldn't conceive the meaning of that sentence.

4. To be of the opinion that; think: didn't conceive that such a tragedy could occur.

5. To begin or originate in a specific way: a political movement that was conceived in the ferment of the 1960s.

v.intr.

1. To form or hold an idea: Ancient peoples conceived of the earth as flat.

2. To become pregnant.

[Middle English conceiven, from Old French concevoir, conceiv-, from Latin concipere : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]

con·ceiv′a·bil′i·ty, con·ceiv′a·ble·ness n.

con·ceiv′a·ble adj.

con·ceiv′a·bly adv.

con·ceiv′er n.

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Adv.

conceivably - within the realm of possibility; "the weather may conceivably change"

Translations

بصورة قابلة للأدراك

myslitelně

muligt

vorstellbar

elképzelhetõleg

hugsanlega

predstaviteľne

belki muhtemelen

可想象地

conceivably

[kənˈsiːvəblɪ] ADV you may conceivably be right → es posible que tenga razón
it cannot conceivably be true → no es posible que sea verdad
more than one could conceivably need → más de lo que se podría imaginar como necesidad

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

conceivably

[kənˈsiːvəbli] adv
He may conceivably be right → Il n'est pas impossible qu'il ait raison.

conceivably

adv she may conceivably be right → es ist durchaus denkbar, dass sie recht hat; will it happen? — conceivably → wird das geschehen? — das ist durchaus denkbar

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

conceivably

[kənˈsiːvəblɪ] adv he may conceivably be right → può anche darsi che abbia ragione

conceive

(kənˈsiːv) verb

1. to form (an idea etc) in the mind.

2. to imagine. I can't conceive why you did that.

3. (of a woman) to become pregnant.

conˈceivable adjective

able to be imagined or thought of.

conˈceivably adverb

conceive is spelt with -ei-.