{
    "term": "conceive",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "conceive",
            "heSheIt": "conceives"
        },
        "pastSimple": "conceived",
        "pastParticiple": "conceived",
        "ingForm": "conceiving"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to form an idea, a plan, etc. in your mind",
            "sensetop": "conceive something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He conceived the idea of transforming the old power station into an arts centre."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dam project was originally conceived in 1997."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They conceived a theory and stuck to it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The course is very broadly conceived."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plan was brilliantly conceived."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["brilliantly", "carefully", "well"],
                "verb + conceive": ["cannot", "be difficult to", "be impossible to"],
                "preposition": ["of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to imagine something",
            "sensetop": "conceive of somebody/something (as something)conceive (that)…conceive what/how, etc…",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "God is often conceived of as male.",
                    "contextForm": "conceive of somebody/something (as something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I cannot conceive *(= I do not believe)* (that) he would wish to harm us.",
                    "contextForm": "conceive (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I cannot conceive what it must be like.",
                    "contextForm": "conceive what/how, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is difficult to conceive of a society without money."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I cannot conceive why you paid out so much money."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We conceive of ourselves as individuals."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "when a woman conceives or conceives a child, she becomes pregnant",
            "sensetop": "conceive somebody",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She is unable to conceive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their first child was conceived on their wedding night.",
                    "contextForm": "conceive somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was unable to conceive a child naturally and was offered fertility treatment."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["naturally", "immaculately"],
                "verb + conceive": ["be able to", "be unable to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsiːv/",
                "audio": "xc/conceive/xconceive__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsiːvz/",
                "audio": "xc/conceive/xconceives__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsiːvd/",
                "audio": "xc/conceive/xconceived__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsiːvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "xc/conceive/xconceiving__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsiːv/",
                "audio": "xc/conceive/xconceive__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsiːvz/",
                "audio": "xc/conceive/xconceives__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsiːvd/",
                "audio": "xc/conceive/xconceived__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsiːvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "xc/conceive/xconceiving__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French concevoir, from Latin concipere, from com- ‘together’ + capere ‘take’."
}