conception
the act of conceiving; the state of being conceived.
fertilization; inception of pregnancy.
something that is conceived: That machine is the conception of a genius.
origination; beginning: The organization has been beset by problems from its conception.
a sketch of something not actually existing: an artist's conception of ancient Athens.
the act or power of forming notions, ideas, or concepts.
Origin of conception
1Other words from conception
- con·cep·tion·al, adjective
- con·cep·tive, adjective
- post·con·cep·tion, adjective
- re·con·cep·tion, noun
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How to use conception in a sentence
Campaigns have also been forced to reconsider their conception of Pennsylvania’s political geography.
Why Pennsylvania Could Decide The 2020 Election | Nathaniel Rakich (nathaniel.rakich@fivethirtyeight.com) | September 15, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightCompare our conception of werewolves, vampires, and zombies.
Believing in Monsters: David Livingstone Smith on the Subhuman - Facts So Romantic | Eric Schwitzgebel | September 11, 2020 | NautilusTwo Conceptions of RealityThese challenges are rooted in a conception of reality which we have gotten so used to that we’re not even aware that there’s an alternative.
The Universe Knows Right from Wrong - Issue 89: The Dark Side | Philip Goff | September 9, 2020 | NautilusThere’s another conception of reality which I call the “container view.”
The Universe Knows Right from Wrong - Issue 89: The Dark Side | Philip Goff | September 9, 2020 | NautilusAnother incredible conception from da Vinci, the Armored Car is surely the forerunner to the contemporary military tanks.
14 Exceptional Weapon Systems from History That Were Ahead of their Time | Dattatreya Mandal | March 26, 2020 | Realm of History
What it endangers is a narrow conception of Russian power, understood through the eyes of its dictatorial leader.
Spar has a new book titled The Baby Business: How Money, Science and Politics Drive the Commerce of conception.
Want Blue Eyes With That Baby?: The Strange New World of Human Reproduction | Eleanor Clift | November 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe completely disrupts not only the conception of architecture—but also the fabrication, the mise en oeuvre of architecture.
In fact, the airplane and the movie were more or less simultaneous in conception (the movie opened in 1968).
North Dakota has a less subtle constitutional amendment on the ballot stating that life begins at conception.
America’s Most Important (and Wackiest) Referendums This November | Ben Jacobs | October 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAdequate conception of the extent, the variety, the excellence of the works of Art here heaped together is impossible.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyThe conception of the relation of this institution with them as co-operative makes headway slowly.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsThe myth of "Boreas and Orithyia," though faulty perhaps in technique, is good in conception and arrangement.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementFrom that hour dated a new and sterner conception of the task that lay before him and every other Briton in the country.
The Red Year | Louis TracyIn fact, he says, with great candour and courage, that the early Bible conception of God is one which we cannot now accept.
God and my Neighbour | Robert Blatchford
British Dictionary definitions for conception
/ (kənˈsɛpʃən) /
something conceived; notion, idea, design, or plan
the description under which someone considers something: her conception of freedom is wrong
the fertilization of an ovum by a sperm in the Fallopian tube followed by implantation in the womb
origin or beginning: from its conception the plan was a failure
the act or power of forming notions; invention
Origin of conception
1Derived forms of conception
- conceptional or conceptive, adjective
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Scientific definitions for conception
[ kən-sĕp′shən ]
The formation of a zygote resulting from the union of a sperm and egg cell; fertilization.
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Cultural definitions for conception
Fertilization; the union of the sperm and ovum to form a zygote. (See reproductive systems.)
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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