Word

conceive of, v.
freq. cnt. 6

form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
<verb.creation> freq. cnt.: 74 freq. cnt.: 66 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2

conceive of envisage ideate imagine

sample sentences

"Can you conceive of him as the president?"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

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

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

imaginative imagination imagination

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ideation idea

semantic pointers

hypernym

create by mental act, create mentally

hyponym

see, picture, visualize, envision, fancy, figure, visualise, project, image visualize, visualise envision, foresee fantasize, fantasise prefigure think fantasy, fantasize, fantasise dream, daydream, woolgather, stargaze