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conceivable

[ kuh n-see-vuh-buh l ]
/ kənˈsi və bəl /
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adjective

capable of being conceived; imaginable.

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RELATED WORDS

perhaps, probably, likely, perchance, maybe, peradventure, mayhap, conceivable, credible, feasible, obtainable, imaginably, theoretically, abstractly, hypothetically, reasonably, feasibly, expectedly

Nearby words

  1. concealment,
  2. concede,
  3. conceit,
  4. conceited,
  5. conceitedly,
  6. conceive,
  7. concelebrant,
  8. concelebrate,
  9. concelebration,
  10. concent

Origin of conceivable

1425–75; late Middle English. See conceive, -able
Related formscon·ceiv·a·bil·i·ty, con·ceiv·a·ble·ness, nouncon·ceiv·a·bly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for conceivably

conceivable

/ (kənˈsiːvəbəl) /

adjective

capable of being understood, believed, or imagined; possible
Derived Formsconceivability or conceivableness, nounconceivably, adverb
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Word Origin and History for conceivably

conceivable

adj.

mid-15c. (implied in conceivableness), from conceive + -able. Originally in a now-obsolete sense "that can be received." Meaning "that can be imagined" is attested from 1620s (in conceivably).

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