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conceive
Verb
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If you can conceive of a certain situation, you can imagine it.
I just can't conceive of life without you.
Can you conceive what life would have been like in that time?
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Someone conceives of an idea when they think of the idea for the first time, and it's their idea: they thought of it themselves, no one told them.
The planners first conceived of the idea of making a large, curved building here in 1998.
I can't conceive of any way of getting there before 5:00.
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A woman (or a man and a woman?) conceives a baby when she becomes pregnant (starts to carry a tiny baby inside her).
The baby was conceived the day we went to Niagara Falls.
an
Determinative
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An (or a) is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
I just ate an apple.
It is indeed an honor to have met you today.
idea
Noun
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An idea is a concept or a thought.
It was a good idea.
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An idea is something abstract (not concrete).
Love is just an idea.
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An idea is a way to see something, a view.
He changed her ideas on religion.