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conceive

[kən'siːv] брит. / амер.

гл.

  1. постигать, понимать

  2. вбивать себе в голову

  3. (conceive as) задумывать

  4. испытать, ощутить, почувствовать

  5. (conceive of) представлять, воображать

  6. дать начало (чему-л.)

  7. забеременеть, зачать

Biology (En-Ru)

conceive

оплодотворяться, осеменяться; забеременеть

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This young man appeared to conceive a strong fancy for Major Talbot.
Молодой человек, по-видимому, очень полюбил майора Тальбота.
O.Henry / The Duplicity of HargravesГенри, О. / Коварство Харгрэвса
Коварство Харгрэвса
Генри, О.
The Duplicity of Hargraves
O.Henry
As I sat there in mute bewilderment, I could not conceive what I had said to bring this about.
Я сидел перед ней и никак не мог придумать, что бы мне сказать или сделать.
Толстой, Л.Н. / ЮностьTolstoy, Leo / Youth
Youth
Tolstoy, Leo
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Юность
Толстой, Л.Н.
© Издательство "Правда", 1987
I have never been up and ... I can't conceive how you can exist here!"
Я здесь никогда не был и... вообразить не могу, что здесь можно жить.
Достоевский, Фёдор / ПодростокDostoevsky, Fyodor / A Raw Youth
A Raw Youth
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Подросток
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Советская Россия", 1979
The Jews have suffered so much, they could not conceive that God is compassion, that God is love, that God is just.
Евреи столько страдали, — они и представить себе не смогли бы сострадательного Бога, любящего Бога, справедливого Бога.
Osho, Bhagvan Shree Rajneesh / The Messiah, Volume 2Ошо Бхагван Шри Раджниш / Мессия. Том 2
Мессия. Том 2
Ошо Бхагван Шри Раджниш
The Messiah, Volume 2
Osho, Bhagvan Shree Rajneesh
She had also observed how modest I was in my nature, how nicely I regarded my honour, and what an indignity I should conceive it, to be exposed for money as a public spectacle, to the meanest of the people.
С другой стороны, зная мою природную скромность и чувствительность в делах чести, она предвидела, в каком я буду негодовании, если меня станут показывать за деньги на потеху толпы.
Swift, Jonathan / Gulliver's travels into several remote nations of the worldСвифт, Джонатан / Путешествия Гулливера
Путешествия Гулливера
Свифт, Джонатан
© Издательство "Правда", 1987
Gulliver's travels into several remote nations of the world
Swift, Jonathan
It seems to me that too many of us conceive of a life as ending in defeat.”
Думается мне, слишком многие из нас заканчивают жизнь на грустной ноте поражения.
Steinbeck, John / East Of EdenСтейнбек, Джон / На восток от Эдема
На восток от Эдема
Стейнбек, Джон
© Издательство "Правда", 1989
East Of Eden
Steinbeck, John
© John Steinbeck, 1952
© renewed Elaine Steinbeck, Thom Steinbeck, and John Steinbeck IV, 1980
You cannot conceive the excitement which my appearance in such a costume made in Paris, and when I came to the Rue de Rivoli I should think I had a quarter of a mile of folk riding or running behind me.
Вы себе представить не можете, какой переполох вызвало мое появление в Париже в таком наряде, и, когда я выехал на рю де Риволи, за мной тянулся целый хвост конных и пеших длиной по меньшей мере в четверть мили.
Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Exploits of Brigadier GerardКонан Дойль, Артур / Подвиги бригадира Жерара
Подвиги бригадира Жерара
Конан Дойль, Артур
© Издательство "Правда", 1966
The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
Conan Doyle, Arthur
© 2008 by Fireship Press
“You can't conceive of it.
– Ты не можешь представить себе этого.
Barker, Clive / The Damnation GameБаркер, Клайв / Проклятая игра
Проклятая игра
Баркер, Клайв
© copyright 1985 by Clive Barker
© 1994, Кэдмэн
© перевод Д. Аношина
The Damnation Game
Barker, Clive
© copyright 1985 by Clive Barker
I certainly can't conceive how I can ever have been an angel.
Ей богу, не могу представить, каким образом я мог быть когда-нибудь ангелом.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
I remember he said one time that a woman who knows all about men usually knows one part very well and can’t conceive the other parts, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t there.”
Помню, он сказал мне как-то, что когда женщина считает себя знатоком мужчин, то обычно видит в них только одно и ни о чем другом даже не догадывается, а ведь в мужчинах много чего есть.
Steinbeck, John / East Of EdenСтейнбек, Джон / На восток от Эдема
На восток от Эдема
Стейнбек, Джон
© Издательство "Правда", 1989
East Of Eden
Steinbeck, John
© John Steinbeck, 1952
© renewed Elaine Steinbeck, Thom Steinbeck, and John Steinbeck IV, 1980
You’re drifting into deep water, and there are things swimming around in the undertow you can’t even conceive of.
Тебя затягивает в омут, а в его глубинах скрывается такое, чего ты даже не можешь представить, не то что постигнуть.
King, Stephen / InsomniaКинг, Стивен / Бессонница
Бессонница
Кинг, Стивен
© Stephen King, 1994
© Перевод. Т.Ю. Покидаева, 2003
© ООО "Издательство АСТ", 2003
Insomnia
King, Stephen
© Stephen King, 1994
My gentleness and good behaviour had gained so far on the emperor and his court, and indeed upon the army and people in general, that I began to conceive hopes of getting my liberty in a short time.
Моя кротость и доброе поведение до такой степени примирили со мной императора, двор, армию и вообще весь народ, что я начал питать надежду на скорое получение свободы.
Swift, Jonathan / Gulliver's travels into several remote nations of the worldСвифт, Джонатан / Путешествия Гулливера
Путешествия Гулливера
Свифт, Джонатан
© Издательство "Правда", 1987
Gulliver's travels into several remote nations of the world
Swift, Jonathan
Before that blind face and that even more terrifying voice, I cowered as silently as I had when he first found me; but it was worse now, because I was older and could almost conceive of what he meant.
Я молча сжалась перед этим слепым лицом и еще более жутким голосом, как тогда, когда он впервые подобрал меня; но теперь было хуже, потому что я стала старше и почти понимала, что он имеет в виду.
Beagle, Peter / The Innkeeper's SongБигл, Питер / Песня трактирщика
Песня трактирщика
Бигл, Питер
The Innkeeper's Song
Beagle, Peter
© Peter S. Beagle, 1993
Whatever the mind of man can conceive, animation can explain."
Что бы ни придумал человеческий разум, мультипликация может это объяснить”.
Dilts, Robert / Strategies of Genius: Volume IДилтс, Роберт / Стратегии гениев. Том 1
Стратегии гениев. Том 1
Дилтс, Роберт
Strategies of Genius: Volume I
Dilts, Robert
© Copyright 1994 by Meta Publications
Believe that God loves you as you cannot conceive; that He loves you with your sin, in your sin.
Веруй, что бог тебя любит так, как ты и не помышляешь о том, хотя бы со грехом твоим и во грехе твоем любит.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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conceive1/14
kən'siːvVerbпостигать; пониматьExamples

I can't conceive how he could let her go. — Не понимаю, как он мог отпустить её.

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  1. 1.

    задумать

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Collocations

conceive the idea
вознамериваться
conceive a hatred
возненавидеть
to conceive
забеременеть
conceive a liking
пристраститься
to conceive a liking
пристраститься
ability to conceive
способность к зачатию
conceive a dislike for
почувствовать отвращение
be conceived
зарождаться
be conceived / viewed
мыслиться
ill-conceived
непродуманный
conceived in marriage
зачатый в браке
donor-conceived people
люди, зачатые при помощи донорского материала
conceived of yourself
считать себя
conceived of yourself
мыслить

Word forms

conceive

verb
Basic forms
Pastconceived
Imperativeconceive
Present Participle (Participle I)conceiving
Past Participle (Participle II)conceived
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I conceivewe conceive
you conceiveyou conceive
he/she/it conceivesthey conceive
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am conceivingwe are conceiving
you are conceivingyou are conceiving
he/she/it is conceivingthey are conceiving
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have conceivedwe have conceived
you have conceivedyou have conceived
he/she/it has conceivedthey have conceived
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been conceivingwe have been conceiving
you have been conceivingyou have been conceiving
he/she/it has been conceivingthey have been conceiving
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I conceivedwe conceived
you conceivedyou conceived
he/she/it conceivedthey conceived
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was conceivingwe were conceiving
you were conceivingyou were conceiving
he/she/it was conceivingthey were conceiving
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had conceivedwe had conceived
you had conceivedyou had conceived
he/she/it had conceivedthey had conceived
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been conceivingwe had been conceiving
you had been conceivingyou had been conceiving
he/she/it had been conceivingthey had been conceiving
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will conceivewe shall/will conceive
you will conceiveyou will conceive
he/she/it will conceivethey will conceive
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be conceivingwe shall/will be conceiving
you will be conceivingyou will be conceiving
he/she/it will be conceivingthey will be conceiving
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have conceivedwe shall/will have conceived
you will have conceivedyou will have conceived
he/she/it will have conceivedthey will have conceived
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been conceivingwe shall/will have been conceiving
you will have been conceivingyou will have been conceiving
he/she/it will have been conceivingthey will have been conceiving
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would conceivewe should/would conceive
you would conceiveyou would conceive
he/she/it would conceivethey would conceive
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be conceivingwe should/would be conceiving
you would be conceivingyou would be conceiving
he/she/it would be conceivingthey would be conceiving
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have conceivedwe should/would have conceived
you would have conceivedyou would have conceived
he/she/it would have conceivedthey would have conceived
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been conceivingwe should/would have been conceiving
you would have been conceivingyou would have been conceiving
he/she/it would have been conceivingthey would have been conceiving
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am conceivedwe are conceived
you are conceivedyou are conceived
he/she/it is conceivedthey are conceived
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being conceivedwe are being conceived
you are being conceivedyou are being conceived
he/she/it is being conceivedthey are being conceived
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been conceivedwe have been conceived
you have been conceivedyou have been conceived
he/she/it has been conceivedthey have been conceived
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was conceivedwe were conceived
you were conceivedyou were conceived
he/she/it was conceivedthey were conceived
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being conceivedwe were being conceived
you were being conceivedyou were being conceived
he/she/it was being conceivedthey were being conceived
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been conceivedwe had been conceived
you had been conceivedyou had been conceived
he/she/it had been conceivedthey had been conceived
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be conceivedwe shall/will be conceived
you will be conceivedyou will be conceived
he/she/it will be conceivedthey will be conceived
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been conceivedwe shall/will have been conceived
you will have been conceivedyou will have been conceived
he/she/it will have been conceivedthey will have been conceived