conceivable
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Related to conceivable: insurmountable, unremitting
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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conceivable
(kənˈsiːvəbəl)adj
capable of being understood, believed, or imagined; possible
conˌceivaˈbility, conˈceivableness n
conˈceivably adv
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con•ceiv•a•ble
(kənˈsi və bəl)adj.
capable of being conceived; imaginable.
[1425–75]
con•ceiv′a•bly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | conceivable - capable of being imagined; "that is one possible answer" thinkable - capable of being conceived or imagined or considered |
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conceivable
adjective imaginable, possible, credible, believable, thinkable It is just conceivable that a single survivor may be found.
incredible, unbelievable, unthinkable, inconceivable, unimaginable
incredible, unbelievable, unthinkable, inconceivable, unimaginable
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conceivable
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Translations
مُمْكِن إدراكُه أو تَصَوُّرُه
představitelný
muligtænkelig
elképzelhetõ
hugsanlegur
predstaviteľný
akla uygundüşünülebilir
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conceivable
[kənˈsiːvəbəl] adj [kind, type] → concevablein every conceivable way → de toutes les façons possibles et imaginables
there is no conceivable reason why ...
There is no conceivable reason why there should be any difficulty → Aucune raison ne laisse imaginer qu'il pourrait y avoir des difficultés.
it is conceivable that ... → il est concevable que ...
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
conceivable
adj → denkbar, vorstellbar; it is hardly conceivable that … → es ist kaum denkbar, dass …, man kann sich (dat) → kaum vorstellen, dass …; it’s not conceivable that she would have gone without us → ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass sie ohne uns gegangen ist
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
conceive
(kənˈsiːv) verb1. 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 adverbconceive is spelt with -ei-.
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