reconceive
verb
(alsore-conceive)uk/ˌriː.kənˈsiːv/us/ˌriː.kənˈsiːv/reconceiveverb(INVENT)
[T]
toinventaplanor anideaagain orcreatesomething again, in a new or different way:
Thecompanyhasdownsized, and it now has to re-conceive itself.
They have reconceived thehouseasanItalianpalace.
Thedevelopedworldwill need to re-conceive the way theydeliverproductsandservicesto thedevelopingworld.
- Mygoalis to re-conceive the show as atheatreof theimagination.
- If we reconceive men'sroles, women mightmanageto have both acareerandchildren.
- Broadcasters have had to reconceivetheirrelationshiptotheirviewers.
- Sheplaysbasicallythe samerole- they didn'tseemto reconceive thecharacterat all.
- He has reconceived opera'sstandardworksformoderntimes.
Ideas, concepts and theories
- abstract
- afterthought
- anthropocentrism
- anti-Darwinian
- anti-Darwinism
- brainwave
- foundation stone
- great minds think alikeidiom
- hunch
- hypothesis
- idea
- ideologue
- non-practical
- nonconceptual
- nostrum
- opinion
- panspermia
- theory
- thinking
- trope
reconceiveverb(GET PREGNANT)
[I]
tobecomepregnantfor a second, third, etc.time:
Thestudyexaminestheeffectsof a postmiscarriagemenstrualperiodpriorto reconceiving.
For fouryearsafter thedeathof herunbornbaby, shestruggledto re-conceive.
Obstetrics: pregnancy
- antenatally
- baby brain
- broodiness
- carry
- child
- expected
- miscarriage
- morning sickness
- pregnancy
- pregnant
- pro-abortion
- pro-life
- pudding
- right to life
- stretch marks
- surrogate
- test-tube baby
- trimester
- trouble
- unborn