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
The demographic of what I call DIY moms, women in their 30s and 40s who are prioritizing children over a relationship and who are conceiving via donor insemination, is growing.
From Slate ● May 7, 2016
It is next important to remember that such a man as we are conceiving would never have regarded the legal distinctions between slave and free as a line of cleavage between different kinds of men.
From Europe and the Faith "Sine auctoritate nulla vita" by Hilaire Belloc
