Conceive - English meaning

noun

A flat disc or piece of metal with an official stamp, used as money.

Usage examples:

She opened her purse and took out a coin

verb

Make (coins) by stamping metal.

Usage examples:

Guineas and half-guineas were coined

noun

A small, round piece of metal, usually silver or copper coloured, that is used as money

Usage examples:

Uk a 10p/ten pence coin, a pound coin, gold coins, in coins i asked for £10 in 20p coins., take coi…

phrasal verb

Produce something, especially when pressured or challenged.

Usage examples:

He keeps coming up with all kinds of lame excuses

phrasal verb

To suggest or think of an idea or plan

Usage examples:

He came up with a great idea for the ad campaign.

phrasal verb

To suggest or think of an idea or plan

Usage examples:

Come up with a plan/idea/solution they came up with a plan to make us more efficient., come up with…

verb

Create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice.

Usage examples:

His opponents contrived a cabinet crisis

verb

To arrange for something to happen or be done by being smart or deceiving others

Usage examples:

[ i ] he somehow contrived to get tickets for the concert., [ t ] the two of them are contriving a …

verb

To arrange a situation or event, or arrange for something to happen, using clever planning

Usage examples:

Couldn't you contrive a meeting between them? i think they'd really like each other., [ + to infini…

verb

Bring (something) into existence.

Usage examples:

He created a thirty-acre lake

verb

Bring into existence

verb

To cause something to exist, or to make something new or imaginative

Usage examples:

He created some of the most magnificent works of art ever made., the new hotel is expected to creat…

noun

A plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is made.

Usage examples:

He has just unveiled his design for the new museum

verb

Decide upon the look and functioning of (a building, garment, or other object), by making a detailed drawing of it.

Usage examples:

A number of architectural students were designing a factory

verb

The act of working out the form of something

verb

Grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate.

Usage examples:

Motion pictures were to develop into mass entertainment

verb

Progress or evolve through a process of natural growth

verb

To grow or cause to grow or change into a more advanced form

Usage examples:

[ t ] this exercise will help develop the shoulder and back muscles (= it will make them stronger).…

verb

Plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought.

Usage examples:

A training programme should be devised

noun

A clause in a will leaving something, especially real estate, to someone.

Usage examples:

The issue, however, is whether the language of the devise of the somerset estate can fairly be inte…

verb

Arrange by systematic planning and united effort

phrasal verb

Devise or invent

phrasal verb

To invent something new by using a lot of imagination

Usage examples:

The gerbils is an odd name for a baseball team – who dreamed it up?

verb

Develop gradually.

Usage examples:

The company has evolved into a major chemical manufacturer

verb

To develop gradually, or to cause something or someone to develop gradually

Usage examples:

Evolve from did humans evolve from apes?, evolve into the company has evolved over the years into a…

noun

The visible shape or configuration of something.

Usage examples:

The form, colour, and texture of the tree

verb

Variant spelling of forme.

combining form

Having the form of.

Usage examples:

Cruciform

verb

Create or prepare methodically.

Usage examples:

The government has formulated a policy on waste management

verb

Prepare according to instructions

verb

To create something, esp. by putting together different parts

Usage examples:

The administration said it was formulating a new policy for the middle east., new drugs are being f…

noun

A rigid structure that surrounds something such as a picture, door, or windowpane.

Usage examples:

His mother stood in the frame of the kitchen door, hands on her hips and a grim expression on her f…

verb

Place (a picture or photograph) in a frame.

Usage examples:

He had had the photo framed

noun

A set of criteria or stated values in relation to which measurements or judgements can be made.

Usage examples:

The observer interprets what he sees in terms of his own cultural frame of reference

noun

A door in an aircraft, spacecraft, or submarine.

Usage examples:

And as the forward escape hatch was also destroyed, the lr5's only hope of gaining access to the su…

verb

(of an egg) open and produce a young animal.

Usage examples:

Eggs need to be put in a warm place to hatch

noun

A newly hatched brood.

Usage examples:

A hatch of mayflies

verb

Create or design (something that has not existed before); be the originator of.

Usage examples:

He invented an improved form of the steam engine

verb

Come up with after a mental effort

verb

To design or create something that did not exist before

Usage examples:

Gutenberg invented movable type in the 15th century., i don’t know what i really saw and what i’ve …

verb

Have a specified beginning.

Usage examples:

The word originated as a marketing term

phrase

Devise or invent

phrasal verb

Have a specified opinion of something.

Usage examples:

She did not think highly of modern art

phrasal verb

To have a particular opinion of something or someone

Usage examples:

What do you think of the new manager?, audiences did not think much of the movie.