Word

conceive, v.
(conceived, conceives, conceiving)
freq. cnt. 33

have the idea for
<verb.creation> freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 21

conceive conceptualise conceptualize gestate

sample sentences

"He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"
"This library was well conceived"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Did he %s his major works over a short period of time?

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Did he %s his major works over a short period of time?

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Did he %s his major works over a short period of time?

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

conception concept conceiver

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

gestation

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

conceptual conceptualization concept conceptualization

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

conceptualisation concept conceptualisation

semantic pointers

hypernym

create by mental act, create mentally

hyponym

design preconceive find, discover

judge or regard; look upon; judge
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 358 freq. cnt.: 274 freq. cnt.: 72 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 2

believe conceive consider think

sample sentences

"I think he is very smart"
"I believe her to be very smart"
"I think that he is her boyfriend"
"The racist conceives such people to be inferior"

verb frames

Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody
They %s that there was a traffic accident

verb frames

Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody
They %s that there was a traffic accident

verb frames

Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody

verb frames

Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

thought thought

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derivationally related form

consideration consideration

semantic pointers

hyponym

hold rethink think regard as, think of, look upon, repute, take to be, look on, esteem, know as, be known as feel consider, see, regard, view, reckon

hypernym

judge, evaluate, pass judgment

become pregnant; undergo conception
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

conceive

sample sentences

"She cannot conceive"
"My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

conceptive conception

semantic pointers

entailment

mate, copulate, pair, couple

hypernym

turn, change state

hyponym

superfetate