conceive
verb (used with object)
to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.).
are conceiving
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present progressiveof conceive.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Others are conceiving of the Budget as something of a steady start - maybe a jog - and hope the pace will ramp up later on.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2024
"But they lack the scale and sheer scope of what the Chinese are conceiving, and they were not integrated into carbon coins, which is a clever idea."
From Reuters ● Nov. 27, 2023
“A large number of whales are conceiving, but when nutrition is poor, they don’t sustain those pregnancies,” said Sam Wasser, lead author of the paper and a biology professor at the University of Washington.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 28, 2017
For the most part, the operatives who are conceiving and guiding such attacks are doing so from behind a wall of anonymity.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2017
Like as Rā reappears every morning, and Tum532 sets in the horizon, men are begetting, and women are conceiving.
From Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings by Epiphanius Wilson
