conceive
verb (used with object)
to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.).
have been conceiving
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present perfect progressiveof conceive.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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“We have been conceiving ‘Fidelio’ for both audiences — we want to create to create an opera for a deaf audience as well.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2022
I regret to chronicle it of one for whom—if I have done him any sort of justice—you should have been conceiving some esteem.
From Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini
Any one being one is being one remembering that that one could have been conceiving that that one could be that one.
From Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two Shorter Stories by Gertrude Stein
