Conception

Word CONCEPTION
Character 10
Hyphenation con cep tion
Pronunciations /kənˈsɛpʃən/

Definitions and meanings of "Conception"

What do we mean by conception?

Formation of a viable zygote by the union of the male sperm and female ovum; fertilization. noun

The entity formed by the union of the male sperm and female ovum; an embryo or zygote. noun

The ability to form or understand mental concepts and abstractions. noun

Something conceived in the mind or believed by a group of people; a concept, thought, or belief: synonym: idea. noun

The beginning or formation of an idea or plan. noun

The act or power of conceiving in the mind, or of forming a concept; that which is conceived in the mind. noun

In philosophy: The act of conceiving or of forming a concept, or the concept itself; a notion. noun

Improperly, the faculty of reproductive imagination. noun

Thought, notion, or idea, in a loose sense: as, you have no conception how clever he is. noun

A fanciful thought; a conceit. noun

The act of becoming pregnant; the beginning of pregnancy; the inception of the life of an embryo; hence, figuratively, beginning; origination. noun

The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life. noun

The state of being conceived; beginning. noun

The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception. noun

The formation in the mind of an image, idea, or notion, apprehension. noun

The image, idea, or notion of any action or thing which is formed in the mind; a concept; a notion; a universal; the product of a rational belief or judgment. See Concept. noun

Idea; purpose; design. noun

Conceit; affected sentiment or thought. noun

The act of conceiving.

The state of being conceived; the beginning.

The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.

The start of pregnancy.

The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.

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 abstractions.

An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Conception

The word "conception" in example sentences

And since the conception of form resolves itself into _motion_, _conception_, _purpose_ or _end_, so the Eternal ❋ Unknown (1852)

This "certain conception" is slowly being fleshed out here. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The term conception does not mean the active or generative conception by her parents. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Second, I think the most plausible versions of utilitarianism frame themselves as theories of how to treat people (or sentients) equally, and this conception is a big part of their intuitive appeal. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In remarkable agreement with this conception is the fact that the molecular length as calculated for oleic acid from X-ray diffraction measurements recently made in the laboratories of Bragg and Friedel agrees with the thickness of our fundamental sheet. ❋ Unknown (1965)

Far removed from this conception is the condition of the many who have no "casa," but only ghastly walls within which the most intimate acts of life are exposed upon the pillory. ❋ Anne E. Montessori George (1912)

One of the weaknesses in the survey is the use of the word "conception" rather than fertilization in the questionnaire. ❋ Unknown (2011)

HAVING in the first section of the precedent chapter presupposed that motion and agitation of the brain which we call conception, to be continued to the heart, and there to be called passion; I have thereby obliged myself, as far forth as I can, to search out and declare, from what conception proceedeth every one of those passions which we commonly take notice of. ❋ Unknown (1650)

It's set in the time just before Arthur becomes high king, which in Hays's conception is after he's been battling Saxons for quite some time; he's trying to get elected by the other kings, not divinely chosen. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Using an established mouse model of maternal diet-induced obesity and live cell dynamic fluorescence imaging techniques, the researchers demonstrated that maternal obesity prior to conception is associated with altered mitochondria in mouse oocytes (eggs) and zygotes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The initial conception is between two people who through unity create this new child. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Vatican is opposed to IVF because it involves separating conception from the "conjugal act" – sexual intercourse between a husband and wife – and often results in the destruction of eggs that are taken from a woman but not used. ❋ AP (2010)

The conception is monolithic groups and the value is spread unequally. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The researchers found that, all other factors being equal, women with high alpha-amylase levels were less likely to conceive than were women with low levels, during the fertile window -- the six days when conception is most likely to occur. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

… Her poems are delicately made, intriguing in conception, unpredictable, balletic and swift in their turns, altogether most stimulating and memorable, and very much her own. ❋ The Nag (2009)

Fully modular in conception, this bubbly screen design is an inventive way to divide up space in large spaces without sacrificing design or originality with something as brutish as a flat rolling partition. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This thing about everything being in place right at conception is a fairly modern church construct. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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