conception

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of conceiving.
2. (countable, uncountable) The state of being conceived; the beginning.
3. (countable, uncountable) The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
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.

Synonyms

idea

💡

concept

notion

thought

💭

pregnancy

vision

comprehension

design

understanding

apprehension

perception

scheme

sense

birth

feeling

imagination

realization

conceive

invention

gestation

view

opinion

intention

construct

plan

insight

fertilization

motif

gravidity

fertilisation

impregnation

innovation

excogitation

plot

creation

conceiving

ism

knowing

mind

nativity

origin

outlook

percept

plans

point

point of view

pregnant

prehension

procreation

purpose

Translations

conception

concepción

concezione

concepção

Empfängnis

idée

💡

concepimento

concepció

Konzeption

σύλληψη

concetto

Idee

💡

begrip

concepto

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈsɛpʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: concepcioun

In summary

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.

Sentences

His conception of nation was of a " social solidarity " that necessitated " cultural unity ".