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View synonyms for conceivable

conceivable

[ kuhn-see-vuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. capable of being conceived; imaginable.


conceivable

/ kənˈsiːvəbəl /

adjective

  1. capable of being understood, believed, or imagined; possible


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Derived Forms

  • conˈceivably, adverb
  • conˌceivaˈbility, noun

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Other Words From

  • con·ceiva·bili·ty con·ceiva·ble·ness noun
  • con·ceiva·bly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of conceivable1

1425–75; late Middle English. See conceive, -able

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Example Sentences

It is conceivable, if highly unlikely, that most Palestinians will try to pull back from the brink.

This is, in every conceivable way, a recipe for catastrophe.

Is it not at least conceivable that the American electorate has changed the way it views women candidates?

There is no conceivable justification for treating people born on Tuesday differently than other people in terms of driving.

The strongest conceivable U.S. land or amphibious forces would not provide a military option.

Loss, where she was concerned, involved a permanent and irremediable bereavement—no substitute was conceivable.

The plagued nation effected a revolution over its snuff-boxes in the happiest conceivable manner.

It is conceivable that the art of agriculture may have been one of the outcomes of the situation in which man now found himself.

Above, in the lower lofts, every conceivable human oddity was assembled in a sort of mercantile crazy quilt.

They are such illogical fools; a logical fool in an office, with a lot of red tape, is conceivable.

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