conceivable.

Capable of being conceived or regarded as possible under the relevant assumptions.

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Words that belong together

• conceivable explanation
• conceivable outcome

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The explanation was conceivable but unsupported by the surviving evidence.

A conceivable outcome was ruled out only after the relevant condition had been checked.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Capacity adjective; ordinary degree comparison only where the context permits it. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: narrative transformation, conception and possibility, memory representation, anticipatory detail. Disciplines: literary writing, advanced general English, narrative analysis. Commonness: moderately common.