noun#5,919 by frequency
conception
/kənˈsɛpʃən/
An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design; The act of conceiving; The state of being conceived
- plural
- conceptions
Meanings
- 1
An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design
Tom has no conception of what it's like to be in love.
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- 2
The act of conceiving
- 3
The state of being conceived; the beginning
- 4
The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygoterare
- 5
The start of pregnancyrare
- 6
The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryorare
- 7
The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractionsrare
- 8
Something conceived or designedrare