Meaning

8 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of conceiving.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The state of being conceived; the beginning.

    Empfängnis

    зача́тиеzačátije

    зача́ттяzačáttja, заплі́дненняzaplídnennja

    the event that occurred at the beginning of something

  3. (countable, uncountable)The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.

    the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon

  4. (countable, uncountable)The start of pregnancy.

  5. (countable, uncountable)The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.

  6. (countable, uncountable)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.

  7. (countable, uncountable)An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.

    Vorstellung, Konzeption

    поня́тиеponjátije, конце́пцияkoncépcija, представле́ниеpredstavlénije

    конце́пціяkoncépcija

  8. (countable, uncountable)Something conceived or designed.

Examples

20 sentences
  1. Tom had no conception of what fatherhood entailed.

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  2. Tom has no conception of what it's like to be in love.

    deTom hat nicht den leisesten Schimmer, wie es ist, verliebt zu sein.

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  3. What's your conception of the world?

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  4. With birds, as with mammals, conception occurs internally.

    ruУ птиц, как и у млекопитающих животных, зачатие происходит внутри.

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  5. Don't forget that wrong conceptions lead to wrong conclusions.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
initiation of an embryonic animal life:
an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept:
Русский
By meaning 2
initiation of an embryonic animal life:
an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
initiation of an embryonic animal life:
an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept:

Origin

From Middle English concepcioun, borrowed from Old French conception, from Latin conceptiō

From Middle English concepcioun, borrowed from Old French conception, from Latin conceptiō (“a comprehending, a collection, composition, an expression, also a becoming pregnant”), from concipiō, past participle conceptus (“conceive”); see conceive. Equivalent to conceive + -tion.

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Forms

plural: conceptions
Singularconception
Pluralconceptions

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

17 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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