RECONCEIVE Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

reconceive

verb

(ˌ)rē-kən-ˈsēv

Definition of reconceive

as in to reconsider

to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal will have to reconceive my earlier opinion about him in light of his recent behavior

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Recent Examples of reconceive Nora’s infamous door-slam is reconceived as a woman stepping out of one time and directly into another. — Joey Sims, Vulture, 11 June 2023 In a fast-changing world profoundly transformed by the pandemic and the blistering advance of technology, a world in which the past offers ever less guidance, the CEO’s job is being reconceived. — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 31 May 2023 Most large financial institutions and many other firms also now use platform concepts to reconceive and rearchitect their operations. — Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023 After Boseman died of colon cancer in August 2020, Marvel and the filmmakers were forced to reconceive Black Panther 2. — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2022 See All Example Sentences for reconceive

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These are just a few of the financial barriers that deter applicants and lead as many as one-quarter of the nation’s aspiring physicians to reconsider enrollment or to switch to nonclinical career paths.

— Marj Halperin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Little Rock Police Department officials have not said whether the department will reconsider the use of the technology.

— Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of reconsider

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This is uncomfortable to implement, because someone in legal, compliance or operations has to sign their name to a permanent record of judgment calls the business used to make quietly and never revisit.

— Krupesh Bhat, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Mining the moribund annals of art history, the duo create tenderly wrought paintings and drawings that often revisit the aesthetics of the Hapsburg and Ottoman Empires, which overtook large swaths of the artists’ native Croatia for centuries.

— Alex Jovanovich, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of revisit

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Internally, Newcastle reviewed the transfer to try to work out what actually happened.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
The findings of the second report — which reviewed pretext stops by officers from other units in January — are expected to be presented at an upcoming commission meeting.

— Hailey Wang, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

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