Synonyms for conceive of
con·ceive of

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1. imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisageverb

   form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

   "Can you conceive of him as the president?"

   Synonyms:
   ideate, opine, guess, reckon, envisage, suppose, imagine, think

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1. • Create By Mental Act

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1. conceive of

   Synonyms:
   have an idea of, form a conception of

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1. Steve Martin:

   My first instinct was, 'Of course not.' And I thought about it overnight and I thought, 'You know, that's an interesting proposition,' he's the only artist I could conceive of curating because his masterpieces, all in Canada, are known, they're unknown in America and I happen to have a love of him.

2. Charles De Gaulle:

   How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over 200 varieties of cheeses

3. Peter Berg:

   The fact that someone could even conceive of such a game and then play it and think it’s funny is beyond words.

4. Seth Shostak:

   The universe is three times as old as the earth. There's plenty of time for societies to arise that are not just a thousand years more advanced than we are, but they could be a billion years more advanced than we are, so if you ask yourself, ‘What could that kind of a society do?’ There are things they could do that we simply can't conceive of.

5. A Bartlett Giamatti:

   Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.