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con·ceiv·a·ble
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adjective
capable of being
conceived
; imaginable.
Origin:
1425–75;
late Middle English. See
conceive
,
-able
Related forms
con·ceiv·a·bil·i·ty,
con·ceiv·a·ble·ness,
noun
con·ceiv·a·bly,
adverb
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conceivable
(kənˈsiːvəb
ə
l)
—
adj
capable of being understood, believed, or imagined; possible
conceiva'bility
—
n
con'ceivableness
—
n
con'ceivably
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
conceivable
1580s, from
conceive
+
-able
. Originally in a now-obs. sense "that can be received." Meaning "that can be imagined" is attested from 1620s (in conceivably).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Toss in a revision or two and it is
conceivable
that this might mark the start of a recession.
As the orders increase, the limits of what is
conceivable
in private air travel keep being stretched.
We were far from town and any
conceivable
human source of said noise.
Then again, it is entirely
conceivable
that throughout the entire course of
human existence the dark matter is never identified.
But virtually all members of the infinite set of
conceivable
morals are incompatible with civilization.
In every
conceivable
fashion the reigning ethos of those times was hostile to excellence in education.
It's wrong on every
conceivable
scale of resolution.
Such a partnership is
conceivable
, although unlikely.
Purely abstract beings are perceivable in the same manner, or are only
conceivable
by the help of language.
It's
conceivable
that these species needed to be so oddly limber while they were still embryos, to curl their necks up in the egg.
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