conceive

imaginer, concevoir

Se représenter une situation dans son esprit ou envisager quelque chose comme possible.

En anglais simple : To imagine a situation or consider something possible.

• I cannot conceive of such a thing.
• Can you conceive of living without electricity?
• They conceived the future as a time of peace.

Comment l'utiliser : conceive of something (I cannot conceive of a world without music.); conceive of doing something (She could not conceive of living alone.); conceive something as something (He conceived the city as a single living organism.)

Synonymes : imagine, envisage

Expressions courantes : conceive of something, cannot conceive, conceive something as

concevoir, imaginer

Trouver une idée, un plan ou un projet nouveau.

En anglais simple : To think of a new idea, plan, or design.

• She conceived the idea herself.
• Who first conceived of this project?
• The plan was conceived during a discussion with local residents.

Comment l'utiliser : conceive something (The architect conceived a design with a central garden.); conceive of something (She conceived of a new way to teach reading.)

Synonymes : think up, devise, invent

Expressions courantes : conceive an idea, conceive a plan, conceive of something

concevoir, tomber enceinte

Tomber enceinte ou donner naissance à une grossesse, avec un bébé qui commence à se développer dans le ventre maternel.

En anglais simple : To become pregnant, or cause a baby to begin developing inside its mother.

• They are trying to conceive.
• She conceived her first child at thirty.
• The baby was conceived before they moved abroad.

Synonymes : become pregnant

Expressions courantes : conceive a child, conceive naturally, trying to conceive

comprendre

Comprendre ce que quelqu’un veut dire ou pense.

En anglais simple : To understand what someone means or thinks.

• I cannot conceive your meaning.
• She conceived his intention at once.
• He struggled to conceive what the speaker meant.

Synonymes : understand, comprehend

Expressions courantes : conceive someone’s meaning, conceive someone’s intention