conceive of

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verb

form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case (Freq. 6)
- Can you conceive of him as the president?
• Syn:
imagine, ideate, envisage
• Derivationally related forms:
idea (for: ideate), ideation (for: ideate), imaginative (for: imagine), imagination (for: imagine)
• Hypernyms:
create by mental act, create mentally
• Hyponyms:
visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy,
see, figure, picture, image, foresee, fantasize,
fantasise, prefigure, think, fantasy, dream, daydream,
woolgather, stargaze
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE