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/icons/point.icon THINK, CONCEIVE, IMAGINE, FANCY, REALIZE, ENVISAGE, ENVISION mean to form an idea of.
THINK implies the entrance of an idea into one's mind with or without deliberate consideration or reflection.
e.g. I just thought of a good joke
CONCEIVE suggests the forming and bringing forth and usually developing of an idea, plan, or design.
e.g. conceived of a new marketing approach
IMAGINE stresses a visualization.
e.g. imagine you're at the beach
FANCY suggests an imagining often unrestrained by reality but spurred by desires.
e.g. fancied himself a super athlete
REALIZE stresses a grasping of the significance of what is conceived or imagined.
e.g. realized the enormity of the task ahead
ENVISAGE and ENVISION imply a conceiving or imagining that is especially clear or detailed.
e.g. envisaged a totally computerized operation envisioned a cure for the disease
verb with object
1. become pregnant with (a child):
〈女性が〉〈子供〉を妊娠する
e.g. she was conceived when her father was 49.
no object (of a woman) become pregnant:
〈女性が〉妊娠する
e.g. five months ago Wendy conceived.
2. form or devise (a plan or idea) in the mind:
〈考え･計画など〉を考えつく (!think of, think upより｟かたく｠ ) ; 〈意見･愛憎など〉を心に抱く
e.g. the dam project was originally conceived in 1977
e.g. (as adjective, with submodifier conceived) : a brilliantly conceived and executed robbery.
form a mental representation of; imagine:
｟かたく｠ ; 〖～ A as ［to be］ C〗 AをCと考える［思う］ (!Cは〖名詞〗〖形容詞〗)
e.g. without society an individual cannot be conceived as having rights
｟かたく｠ 〖通例否定文･疑問文で〗; 〖conceive of A/doing/wh節〗 A〈考えなど〉［…すること, …か］を想像する, 考慮する (!しばしばcanを伴う)
e.g. no object : we could not conceive of such things happening to us.
literary become affected by (a feeling):
e.g. he conceived a passion for football.
ORIGIN
Middle English: from Old French concevoir, from Latin concipere, from com- ‘together’ + capere ‘take’.