conceived

[ kuhn-seevd ]

adjective

1. having been formed, originated, or expressed:

   The manuscript is more a series of anecdotes than a fully conceived novel.

   The dinner started with a brilliantly conceived trio of appetizers.

2. having come into existence as the product of fertilization:

   Scientists continue to study how the single cell of a newly conceived zygote differentiates into the many cells that make up the various body parts of a developing fetus.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of conceive ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·con·ceived adjective
• well-con·ceived adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of conceived¹

conceive ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

With demand for cosmetic services growing, the idea to address users’ needs and claim leadership in this specific, high-revenue niche was conceived.

From Search Engine Land

I firmly believe they have the experience to deliver on their well-conceived plan for this unique site.

From Voice of San Diego

“I couldn’t conceive of a proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem that doesn’t involve representation theory somewhere,” Weinstein said.

From Quanta Magazine

David Byrne conceived of his Reasons to Be Cheerful a few years ago.

From Freakonomics

As for Eric Klinenberg, he thinks the best loneliness solutions have to do with how communities are conceived and organized.

From Freakonomics

Originally conceived by author Clarence E. Mulford in 1904, Hopalong was crude, rough-talking, and dangerous.

From The Daily Beast

Turing conceived and built a computer, the forerunner of all digital computations, that cracked the code.

From The Daily Beast

“Sovereignty, I argued, cannot be conceived as the right to kill millions of innocent people,” Lemkin wrote in his notebooks.

From The Daily Beast

So Conte conceived of a solution: what if you built a website that connected potential patrons to content creators?

From The Daily Beast

According to Travolta, quite a good chunk of the dance routine was conceived on the spot.

From The Daily Beast

Each sentence came as if torn piecemeal from his unwilling tongue; short, jerky phrases, conceived in pain and delivered in agony.

From Project Gutenberg

Suffice it to say, a mutual passion was conceived between the two cousins, and my father persuaded her to elope with him.

From Project Gutenberg

He conceived an idea of securing agents among the colored people, and in that way effect a good sale.

From Project Gutenberg

For these reasons we keep strict and careful watch over them, since the suspicions conceived of them have been often verified.

From Project Gutenberg

If the bon Dieu does not send you these vibrating inspirations, it is because you yourself have already conceived them!

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• chartered
• completed
• founded
• incorporated
• initiated
• organized
• ratified
• set up
• settled