Meaning of conception | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of conceiving
2. The act of conceiving.
   countable, uncountable
3. The formation of a cell capable of developing into a new organism by the union of a sperm and egg cell; fertilization.
4. The state of being conceived; the beginning
5. The state of being conceived; the beginning.
   countable, uncountable
6. That which exists in the mind as the product of careful mental activity:concept, idea, image, notion, perception, thought.
7. The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote
8. The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
   countable, uncountable
9. an idea or theory. His design was a new concept in town-planning. denkbeeld, konsepsie, begrip فِكْرَه، مَفْهوم понятие conceito pojetí der Begriff begreb; idé; princip έννοια, αντίληψηconcepto idee ایده؛ نظر konsepti conceptרעיון संकल्पना pojam, pristup, koncepcija, shvaćanje fogalom konsep hugtak, heildarhugmynd concetto 構想 개념 idėja, sąvoka, samprata jēdziens; priekšstats konsep begripidé, forståelse, konseptrozwiązanie مفكوره، عقيده، تصور مفهوم conceito concept, idee концепция poňatie, poj...
10. The start of pregnancy
11. The start of pregnancy.
    countable, uncountable
12. concepción, acto de concebir.
13. The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo
14. The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
    countable, uncountable
15. Formation of a viable zygote by the union of the male sperm and female ovum; fertilization.
16. 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.
    countable, uncountable
17. The ability to form or understand mental concepts and abstractions: happiness beyond conception.
18. An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.
    countable, uncountable
19. something conceived; notion, idea, design, or plan
20. the description under which someone considers something: her conception of freedom is wrong.
21. (Physiology) the fertilization of an ovum by a sperm in the Fallopian tube followed by implantation in the womb
22. origin or beginning: from its conception the plan was a failure.

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Examples

“Some powers diuine, or els infernall, mixt Their angry ſeedes at his conception: For he was neuer ſprong of humaine race, Since with the ſpirit of his fearefull pride, He dares so doubtleſly reſolue of rule.”

“What the school books say about the united efforts of the two great Rossums is all a fairy tale. They used to have dreadful rows. The old atheist hadn't the slightest conception of industrial matters, and the end of it was that young Rossum shut him up in some laboratory or other and let him fritter the time away with his monstrosities, while he himself started on the business from an engineer's point of view.”

“Elegant brick and stone buildings, with iron and glass canopies and decorative wooden scalloping and fencing—all evidencing care on the part of the architect to produce a pleasing, well-planned building—were submerged beneath a profusion of ill-conceived additions and camouflaged by vulgar paint schemes; and the original conception was lost.”

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