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conceivable

[ kuh n-see-vuh-buh l ]

/ kənˈsi və bəl /

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adjective

capable of being conceived; imaginable.

Origin of conceivable

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

OTHER WORDS FROM conceivable

con·ceiv·a·bil·i·ty, con·ceiv·a·ble·ness, noun con·ceiv·a·bly, adverb

Words nearby conceivable

concealed-carry, concealment, concede, conceit, conceited, conceivable, conceive, concelebrant, concelebrate, concelebration, concent

Example sentences from the Web for conceivability

Vast are its possibilities and vaster still its sweep of conceivability.

The Mystery of Space |Robert T. Browne
The love of life was too strong to permit the conceivability of such a choice.

The Wilderness Trail |Frank Williams
Mansel on the conceivability of a commencement of existence, 94.

The Theistic Conception of the World |B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker
If not, granting that there is such a thing as the real, it must be within the ultimate range of conceivability.

The Mystery of Space |Robert T. Browne

Perceptibility or conceivability are, then, the two forms which reality may assume.

The Mind and the Brain |Alfred Binet

British Dictionary definitions for conceivability

conceivable

/ (kənˈsiːvəbəl) /

adjective

capable of being understood, believed, or imagined; possible

Derived forms of conceivable

conceivability or conceivableness, noun conceivably, adverb