conceivable

[kuhn-see-vuh-buhl]

adjective

1. capable of being conceived; imaginable.

conceivable

/ kənˈsiːvəbəl /

adjective

1. capable of being understood, believed, or imagined; possible

Other Word Forms

• conceivability noun
• conceivableness noun
• conceivably adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of conceivable¹

1425–75; late Middle English. See conceive, -able

Example Sentences

Here too research is needed to clarify the mechanisms at work - then spermine-based therapeutic approaches would be conceivable.

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“We’re submitting every conceivable idea that we can come up with,” Crow said.

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He recited the line from memory: “‘The Lomas Financial Corporation is a perfectly hedged financial institution: it loses money in every conceivable interest rate environment.’

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Tradition dictates that three weeks out from a Budget the air is full of every conceivable voice but the chancellor's.

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Russian officials worried that U.S. missile defenses made a pre-emptive strike on Russia more conceivable for Washington, as they would allow it to parry any retaliatory strike.

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Related Words

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• convincing 
• credible 
• imaginable 
• probable