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Explore Conceive through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like gestate or judge. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Conceive in a sentence

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Conceive meaning

  1. To have a child; to become pregnant (with).
  2. To develop; to form in the mind; to imagine.
  3. To imagine (as); to have a conception of; to form a representation of.

Synonyms of Conceive

gestate change state judge pass judgment evaluate consider believe think create mentally conceptualise conceptualize turn

Using Conceive

  • The main meaning on this page is: To have a child; to become pregnant (with). | To develop; to form in the mind; to imagine. | To imagine (as); to have a conception of; to form a representation of.
  • Useful related words include: gestate, change state, judge, pass judgment.
  • In the example corpus, conceive often appears in combinations such as: to conceive, conceive of, conceive and.

Context around Conceive

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Conceive

  • In this selection, "conceive" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, cannot, must, helped, having, two and timing stand out and add context to how "conceive" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include able to conceive at all and did you conceive a passion. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "conceive" sits close to words such as accountants, admirable and assembling, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with conceive

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

When did you conceive a passion for cricket? (8 words)

Alas, the Queen was dethroned for failing to conceive. (9 words)

Months after their birth, the couple were surprised to conceive another baby - Levi. (13 words)

Disrespect, whether it comes from being cut off in traffic or being asked to leave a party, demands retaliation, for young men who conceive of every social interaction as either a challenge to, or affirmation of, their social status. (39 words)

In fact, before 2019, the eligibility criteria specified only that women had to have failed to conceive after a year of unprotected vaginal intercourse, meaning that women who were in same-sex couples found themselves excluded at the threshold. (39 words)

When Cando celebrated its centennial in 1984 and the state of North Dakota in 1989, they collaborated with community leaders to conceive, edit and produce hardcover books containing hundreds of family, church, business, club and township histories. (37 words)

When did you conceive a passion for cricket? (8 words)

Understanding your fertile days and knowing when your ovulation is likely to occur is very important for those who are trying to conceive, timing is everything! (26 words)

Example sentences (20)

The argument claims that in order to conceive of an object's properties, like the redness of an apple, one must conceive of the object that has those properties.

A year younger than her famous sibling, it’s hard to conceive that this smiling, thoroughly normal-looking 60-something is even vaguely connected to the global superstar, never mind one of her closest relatives.

But, Ms Saft says it is a misconception that people with endometriosis will not be able to conceive at all naturally.

Campaigners have argued that these rules mean women in same-sex relationships, or couples where one person is trans, can only ‘prove’ that they cannot conceive by trying artificial insemination.

Disrespect, whether it comes from being cut off in traffic or being asked to leave a party, demands retaliation, for young men who conceive of every social interaction as either a challenge to, or affirmation of, their social status.

During the season of Advent, the angel Gabriel told Mary she would conceive a child by the Holy Spirit.

He is still enthusiastic about IVF as he often meets couples whom he helped conceive, and their offspring.

I did give her the cardboard baby,” he began, referencing the bizarre gift he gave Charlotte in Season 4 when she was struggling to conceive.

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In fact, before 2019, the eligibility criteria specified only that women had to have failed to conceive after a year of unprotected vaginal intercourse, meaning that women who were in same-sex couples found themselves excluded at the threshold.

In response, the wife countered that their disagreements had predated her pregnancy, and she had hesitated to conceive to avoid further hurtful comments from her husband.

It's hard to conceive having to defend yourself from someone laying on the ground but that's exactly what is happening.

Months after their birth, the couple were surprised to conceive another baby - Levi.

Ms Bragg said: 'I cannot conceive how anything other than a completely blinkered, unjoined up, broken justice system, would release an offender that it had just classed as too high risk to release.

That night, I decided to test the waters of my marriage by demanding that we conceive.

The medical team responsible for this pioneering procedure conveyed her excitement and reported her intention to pursue in vitro fertilisation (IVF) to conceive two children.

Understanding your fertile days and knowing when your ovulation is likely to occur is very important for those who are trying to conceive, timing is everything!

When Cando celebrated its centennial in 1984 and the state of North Dakota in 1989, they collaborated with community leaders to conceive, edit and produce hardcover books containing hundreds of family, church, business, club and township histories.

When did you conceive a passion for cricket?

When the women first tried to conceive they found they were ovulating at the same time - something that didn't appear to surprise them as they have always been 'in sync with everything'.

Alas, the Queen was dethroned for failing to conceive.

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Common combinations with conceive

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "conceive" in a sentence?
An example: "The argument claims that in order to conceive of an object's properties, like the redness of an apple, one must conceive of the object that has those properties." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "conceive" from authentic English texts.
What does "conceive" mean?
Conceive means: To have a child; to become pregnant (with).
What are synonyms of "conceive"?
Common synonyms of "conceive" include: gestate, change state, judge, pass judgment, evaluate, consider, believe, think. Plus 4 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "conceive" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "conceive", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.