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   conception

   /kənˈsɛpʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of conceiving a child or of one being conceived: "an unfertilized egg before conception" Similar inception of pregnancyconceivingfertilizationimpregnationinseminationrare:fecundation
   • 2. the forming or devising of a plan or idea: "the time between a product's conception and its launch" Similar inceptiongenesisoriginationcreationformationformulationinventionbeginningorigin
   • ▪ the way in which something is perceived or regarded: "our conception of how language relates to reality" Similar understandingability to understandability to imaginecomprehensionappreciationknowledgegraspapprehensionideainklinginformal:clue about
   • ▪ an abstract idea; a concept: "the conception of a balance of power" Similar ideaconceptnotionconceptualizationunderstandingabstractiontheoryhypothesispostulationperceptionimageimpressionpicture
   • ▪ a plan or intention: "reconstructing Bach's original conceptions" Similar planschemeprojectproposalpropositiondesignoutlineintentionaimidea
   • ▪ ability to imagine; understanding: "he had no conception of politics" Similar understandingability to understandability to imaginecomprehensionappreciationknowledgegraspapprehensionideainklinginformal:clue about

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin conceptio(n-), from the verb concipere (see conceive).

   Derivatives

   • 1. conceptional adjective

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