conception
/kənˈsɛpʃən/noun3 syllables
Conception means: the creation of something in the mind.
Synonyms for conception7
noun, as in the creation of something in the mind
noun, as in an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
noun, as in the event that occurred at the beginning of something
Opposites of conception
misconception
What does conception mean?4
noun
1
the creation of something in the mind
2
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
3
the event that occurred at the beginning of something“from its creation the plan was doomed to failure”
4
the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with conception?8
three syllables
four syllables
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Conception in a sentence
- With birds, as with mammals, conception occurs internally.AlanF_US
- His species has three sexes, and conception requires all three.rul
- Pregnancy in a woman lasts nine months from the moment of conception to childbirth.AlanF_US
- The popular conception of evolutionary psychology is even less scientific than the discipline itself.shekitten
- According to Judaism, life begins at birth and not at conception.shekitten
- This was yet another beautiful reason why God came to earth as a conception.unknown
- Unfortunately, many Russian citizens have an inadequate conception of what is happening in Kyiv.shanghainese
- We'll talk a little about the conception of the Mother of God.Nylez
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Forms of conception
as a noun
- plural
- conceptions