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CONCEIVE OF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
Example:
Can you conceive of him as the president?
Synonyms:
conceive of; envisage; ideate; imagine
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "conceive of" is one way to...):
create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "conceive of"):
envision; fancy; figure; image; picture; project; see; visualise; visualize (imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind)
visualise; visualize (form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract)
envision; foresee (picture to oneself; imagine possible)
fantasise; fantasize (portray in the mind)
prefigure (imagine or consider beforehand)
think (imagine or visualize)
fantasise; fantasize; fantasy (indulge in fantasies)
daydream; dream; stargaze; woolgather (have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
