conceives
Dreams up ideas
Conceives means to form in the mind—to imagine or devise: She conceived a plan to escape.
It also means to become pregnant: They conceived their first child that winter.
The two senses share the idea of bringing something new into existence, whether an idea or a life.
To conceive of something is to imagine or understand it: I can't conceive of living anywhere else.
Forms mental abstractions
- envisionsMentally visualizes something
- formulatesDevelops methodically
- devisesInvents through ingenuity
- imaginesMentally conjures scenes
brainstorms · ideates · theorizes · hypothesizes · visualizes · thinks up · hatches · concocts
Carrying offspring in womb
- embryoOrganism before birth
- fetusGestating offspring
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
- implantationEmbedding into tissue
ovulation · zygote · womb · reproductive · prenatal · trimester · fertility · ovum
Holds or comprehends
- comprehendsMentally takes in
- perceivesBecomes aware of something
- apprehendsCaptures or comprehends
- realizesComes to understand
fathoms · discerns · recognizes · understands · appreciates · sees · follows · registers
conceptualizes
Forms mental abstractions
- envisionsMentally visualizes something
- formulatesDevelops methodically
- devisesInvents through ingenuity
imagines · brainstorms · ideates · theorizes · hypothesizes · visualizes · thinks up · hatches · concocts · creates
gestation
Carrying offspring in womb
- embryoOrganism before birth
- fetusGestating offspring
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
implantation · ovulation · zygote · womb · reproductive · prenatal · trimester · fertility · ovum · sperm
grasps
Holds or comprehends
- comprehendsMentally takes in
- perceivesBecomes aware of something
- apprehendsCaptures or comprehends
realizes · fathoms · discerns · recognizes · understands · appreciates · sees · follows · registers · absorbs
conceivesmisunderstands
Incorrectly interprets meaning
overlooks · ignores · draws a blank · forgets · misapprehends
conceivesdestroys
Causes complete ruin
ruins · annihilates · demolishes · eradicates · extinguishes
conceive, conceived, conceivable, inconceivable, conceiving, conceivably, misconceive, preconceived, inconceivably