Past tense of conceive
regular verb
The past tense of conceive is conceived. The past participle is also conceived.
Forms of conceive
| Base form (V1) | conceive /kənˈsiːv/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | conceived /kənˈsiːvd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | conceived /kənˈsiːvd/ |
| Present participle | conceiving /kənˈsiːvɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | conceives /kənˈsiːvz/ |
Conceived in a sentence
- The subsequent cost was mounting out of sight, but I had conceived an extraordinary fondness for the bug, and my sother had conceived an extraordinary fondness for me, so she allowed my passion for the car to ransack our savings.1980 December 6, Nancy Walker, “Toodle-Oo, Doodle”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 20, page 12
- In the United States' governmental structure, the military is conceived as a dependency under the executive branch.From the entry dependency
- Adam Smith conceived of economics as a moral science in the Humean sense.From the entry moral science
- Thus conceived, Effeticus would sit “besceptered on a lofty throne” with an “Interglobal telephone” as his crown.2020, Robert Lecker, “1957–1972”, in Who Was Doris Hedges? The Search for Canada’s First Literary Agent, Montreal, Que.; Kingston, Ont.…. From the entry besceptered
- It is a shift to the ego conceived as irreal, as non-worldly.2013, J. Mensch, The Question of Being in Husserl’s Logical Investigations, →ISBN, page 8. From the entry irreal
Meaning of conceive
- verb To have a child; to become pregnant (with).
- verb To develop; to form in the mind; to imagine.
- verb To imagine (as); to have a conception of; to form a representation of.
Questions about the past tense of conceive
- What is the past tense of conceive?
- The past tense of conceive is conceived.
- What is the past participle of conceive?
- The past participle of conceive is conceived.
- Is conceive a regular or irregular verb?
- Conceive is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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