Conceive

Definition

conceive /kǝn'si:v/ v ၁။ ~ of sth ; ~ sth (as sth) စိတ္ကူးေပါက္ သည္။ အႀကံရသည္။ It was then that I conceived the notion of running away. ❍ I cannot conceive (ie I do not believe) that he would wish to harm us. ❍ I cannot conceive why you allowed the girls to go alone (ie I think you were very foolish to allow it). ❍ The ancients conceived (of) the world as (being) flat (ie They thought it was flat). ၂။ ကိုယ္ဝန္ရိွသည္။ သေႏၶတည္သည္။ She was told she couldn't conceive. ❍ The child was conceived on the night of their wedding. ❏ conceivable /-ǝbl/ adj စိတ္ကူးႀကံစည္၍ရႏိုင္ေသာ။ ဟုတ္ တန္ရာေသာ။ I suppose it is just conceivable that she might have helped him escape. ❍ a hotel that offers every conceivable luxury. conceivably /-ǝbli/ adv : He couldn't conceivably have (ie I don't believe he could have) intended this to happen.

Examples

1. The facilities had been conceived with families in mind.
2. The exhibition was originally conceived as a tribute to Scott’s family.
3. I find the whole scenario hard to conceive.
4. [conceive of] : How can they even conceive of doing such an appalling thing?