conceivably
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con·ceive
(kən-sēv′)v. con·ceived, con·ceiv·ing, con·ceives
v.tr.
1. To become pregnant with (offspring): She conceived her first child in London, but her second child was conceived in Paris.
2. To form or develop in the mind: conceive a plan to increase profits; conceive a passion for a new acquaintance.
3. To apprehend mentally; understand: couldn't conceive the meaning of that sentence.
4. To be of the opinion that; think: didn't conceive that such a tragedy could occur.
5. To begin or originate in a specific way: a political movement that was conceived in the ferment of the 1960s.
v.intr.
1. To form or hold an idea: Ancient peoples conceived of the earth as flat.
2. To become pregnant.
[Middle English conceiven, from Old French concevoir, conceiv-, from Latin concipere : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]
con·ceiv′a·bil′i·ty, con·ceiv′a·ble·ness n.
con·ceiv′a·ble adj.
con·ceiv′a·bly adv.
con·ceiv′er n.
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Adv. | 1. | conceivably - within the realm of possibility; "the weather may conceivably change" |
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conceivably
[kənˈsiːvəblɪ] ADV you may conceivably be right → es posible que tenga razónit cannot conceivably be true → no es posible que sea verdad
more than one could conceivably need → más de lo que se podría imaginar como necesidad
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
conceivably
[kənˈsiːvəbli] advHe may conceivably be right → Il n'est pas impossible qu'il ait raison.
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conceivably
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conceive
(kənˈsiːv) verb1. to form (an idea etc) in the mind.
2. to imagine. I can't conceive why you did that.
3. (of a woman) to become pregnant.
conˈceivable adjective able to be imagined or thought of.
conˈceivably adverbconceive is spelt with -ei-.
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