Meaning of CONCEIVABLE
| Pronunciation: | | kun'seevubul
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- [adj] within the bounds of what may be conceived within the framework of nature; "a cure is still conceivable"
- [adj] possible to conceive or imagine; "that is one possible answer"
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| | Synonyms: | | imaginable, possible, thinkable |
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| | Definition: | | \Con*ceiv"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. concevable.]
Capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood. ``Any
conceivable weight.'' --Bp. Wilkins.
It is not conceivable that it should be indeed that
very person whose shape and voice it assumed.
--Atterbury.
-- {Con*ceiv"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Con*ceiv"a*bly}, adv.
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| | Related Terms: | | apparent, appreciable, apprehensible, ascertainable, believable, cogitable, cognizable, colorable, comprehensible, conceivably possible, contingent, credible, discernible, discoverable, distinguishable, earthly, fanciable, fiduciary, graspable, humanly possible, imaginable, knowable, likely, mortal, perceptible, plausible, possible, potential, prehensible, probable, reasonable, recognizable, reliable, seizable, supposable, tenable, thinkable, trustworthy, trusty, understandable, unexceptionable, unimpeachable, unquestionable, worthy of faith |
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