Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conceiving

/kənˈsiːvɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.74 in modern English

Syllables: con-ceiv-ing
IPA: /kənˈsiːvɪŋ/

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of conceive

noun

Example Sentences

"mere names that are put into our mouths, without any true conceivings of the things which they signify"

Inflected Forms

conceivings (plural)

Rhymes With

leaving receiving believing achieving weaving grieving relieving deceiving self-deceiving retrieving heaving perceiving

Questions

How do you pronounce conceiving?: The recorded pronunciation is /kənˈsiːvɪŋ/.
What does conceiving mean?: present participle and gerund of conceive

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