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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 conceivable

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

Intifada 3.0: Growing Unrest and a Plot to Kill an Israeli Minister |Creede Newton |November 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
This is, in every conceivable way, a recipe for catastrophe.

Why the Caliphate Will Devour Its Children |Philip Jenkins |July 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Is it not at least conceivable that the American electorate has changed the way it views women candidates?

Stop the Baby Clinton Madness |Jeff Greenfield |April 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
There is no conceivable justification for treating people born on Tuesday differently than other people in terms of driving.

Judges Now Recognize Anti-Gay Marriage Laws Are Irrational |Geoffrey R. Stone |April 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

As a forensic meteorologist, Altschule is called in to investigate just about every conceivable mishap related to weather.

As de Blasio Loses Roker, Call In the Weather Detective |Michael Daly |February 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Where she has lived—and how—is a problem to which not the faintest solution is conceivable.

The Purple Cloud |M.P. Shiel
He has written poems of wonderful power on almost every conceivable subject.

Wild Wales |George Borrow
The sun is ever losing heat far more rapidly than it can be renewed from any known or conceivable source.

Island Life |Alfred Russel Wallace
There are no conceivable ethical or religious interests and no humane goals or values that justify these things.

Preaching and Paganism |Albert Parker Fitch
It is conceivable that a speaker may be effective in spite of stumbling—but never because of it.

The Art of Public Speaking |Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein

British Dictionary definitions for conceivable

conceivable

/ (kənˈsiːvəbəl) /

adjective

capable of being understood, believed, or imagined; possible

Derived forms of conceivable

conceivability or conceivableness, noun conceivably, adverb