Which definition best matches the word conceive?

• A. To get pregnant
• B. To imagine something
• C. To draw up or think up a plan
• D. To invent something

Answer: (C)

Conceive centers on forming something in the mind, especially a plan or idea that you intend to develop. The best match is the option that describes drawing up or thinking up a plan, because it captures that deliberate act of creating and outlining how something will be done. It isn’t just imagining something in general, nor strictly inventing something new, and it isn’t about pregnancy—that sense is a separate meaning of the word. In everyday usage, you often conceive a plan or conceive an idea, which is exactly what this option expresses.