conceive :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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Verbs (4)

conceive

v. become pregnant; undergo conception; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"

gestate, conceptualize, conceptualise

v. have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"

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Fuzzynyms (26)

make, create

v. make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

produce, bring about, give rise to

v. cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system"

envision, foresee

v. picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President"

visualize, visualise

v. make visible; "With this machine, ultrasound can be visualized"

fashion, forge

v. make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"

originate

v. begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.; "The flight originates in Calcutta"

generate, bring forth

v. bring into existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami"

cover

v. play a higher card than the one previously played; "Smith covered again"

start, start up, embark on, commence

v. get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"

think

v. imagine or visualize; "Just think--you could be rich one day!"; "Think what a scene it must have been!"

mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate

v. plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

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Antonyms (7)

destroy, put down

v. put (an animal) to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; "the sick cat had to be put down"

end, stop, finish, terminate, cease

v. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

come back > enough > devise > barrage > hatch > conceive

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