conceive of

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner le processus de formation d'une idée, d'un plan ou d'un concept dans l'esprit ; imaginer ou penser à quelque chose, souvent de manière abstraite.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of forming an idea, plan, or concept in the mind; to imagine or think of something.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Imagine or think offormal

   To form an idea or mental image of something.

   concevoir, se représenter

   • I cannot conceive of a world without music.
   • She conceived of a new way to organize the data.
   • It is hard to conceive of such a large number.

   Synonymescontemplatedream upenvisionfancyformulateideateimaginepicturethink of

2. Understand or graspformal

   To be able to understand or comprehend a concept or situation.

   concevoir, comprendre

   • He could not conceive of the complexity of the problem.
   • They conceived of the project's potential impact only later.
   • Can you conceive of the consequences of that decision?

   Synonymesapprehendcomprehendfathomgraspperceiverealizeunderstand

Verbe de baseconceive