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receive

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rɪˈsiːv

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rɪˈsiːv

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receipt

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receipt something such as a piece of paper or message proving that money, goods, or information have been received:Make sure you are given a receipt for everything you buy.More retailers are switching to email receipts instead of

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rɪˈsiːt

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conceive

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to imagine something:I think my uncle still conceives of me as a four-year-old.He couldn't conceive of a time when he would have no job.[ + question word ] I can't conceive (= it is too shocking to imagine) how anyone could behave so cruelly.[ + that ] I find it hard to conceive (= it is too shocking to imagine) that people are still treated so badly. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examplesto imagine somethingimagineYou can just imagine her storing up these anecdotes for her dinner parties.think ofI want you to think of a time when you felt happy.pictureCan you picture yourself at the age of 60 doing what you do now?pictureWhen I say 'your car' you have a picture of that in your head.in your mind's eyeIn my mind's eye, I'm still a uni student and not a middle-aged worker.conceiveI can't conceive why anyone would want to hurt her.See more results » SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Want to learn more?Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge.Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence.conceive verb (INVENT) C2 [ T ]to invent a plan or an idea:He conceived the plot for this film while he was still a student.The exhibition was conceived by the museum's director.Related wordconcept SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesconceive verb (BECOME PREGNANT) C2 [ I or T ]to become pregnant, or to cause a baby to begin to form:Do you know exactly when you conceived?The baby was conceived in March, so will be born in December.Related wordconception (BABY) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases(Definition of conceive from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)conceive | AMERICAN DICTIONARYconceiveverbUS /kənˈsiv/conceive verb (IMAGINE) to bring a thought or idea into being; imagine:[ I always + adv/prep ] When they talk about billions of dollars, I can’t even conceive of that much money.[ + question word ] It’s hard to conceive what the world will be like a hundred years from now.conceive verb (BECOME PREGNANT) [ I/T ] fmlto become pregnant, or to cause a baby to begin to form(Definition of conceive from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)EXAMPLES of conceiveconceiveHence, it is difficult to explain why players would conceive of the simultaneous move game in sequential terms.From the Cambridge English CorpusAgain, it is difficult to conceive of an explanation of this replay of activity patterns that does not involve memory consolidation, transfer, or integration.From the Cambridge English CorpusIn the first instance, it is difficult to conceive what might motivate such random substitutions.From the Cambridge English CorpusThis was conceived around euthymia, an absence of affective symptoms.From the Cambridge English CorpusThese trajectories can be conceived as frames of references indicating the nature of the change to be expected.From the Cambridge English CorpusAs we conceive it, the problem concerns certain properties that are represented by the human visual system and those of a variety of other animals.From the Cambridge English CorpusThe profound differences among the religious traditions are due to the different ways in which the transcendent reality is experienced and conceived in human life.From the Cambridge English CorpusThen, a new structure was conceived in order to lessen the disadvantages of the earlier structure.From the Cambridge English CorpusConsequently, the design space will have to be conceived as a multilevel, possibly multidimensional construct.From the Cambridge English CorpusWhile no moving or running devices were considered, it was realized that an almost endless variety of fixed devices could be conceived.From the Cambridge English CorpusMonocular observation through a physical or even notional intersecting plane is thus conceived as relatively 'constructed' by the geometric formula.From the Cambridge English CorpusNevertheless, when it is economically conceived in this simplicity, "labor" is as modern a category as are the relations which create this simple abstraction.From the Cambridge English CorpusIt is an elegant argument, clearly conceived and well-written.From the Cambridge English CorpusTaxonomies lend themselves as natural starting points in explaining ontologies as they can be easily conceived as a sort of lightweight ontology.From the Cambridge English CorpusI also conceived that the principle of broken up light playing on a photo-electric cell would be the best means of making it practical.From the Cambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.Translations of conceivein Chinese (Traditional)想像, 想出, 構想…See morein Chinese (Simplified)想象, 想出, 构想…See morein Spanishconcebir (a), concebir…See morein Portugueseconceber, imaginar…See morein more languagesNeed a translator?Get a quick, free translation!Translator toolWhat is the pronunciation of conceive? Browseconceitedconceitedlyconceivableconceivablyconceiveconceivedconceivingconcentrateconcentr

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cannot

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I cannot predict what will happen next year.

cannot but formal used to say that something will certainly happen:If we persevere, we cannot but succeed.