English dictionary
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English noun: conception | |||
| 1. | conception (cognition) an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | ||
| Synonyms | concept, construct | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | idea, thought | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abstract, abstraction, attribute, category, conceptualisation, conceptuality, conceptualization, dimension, division, fact, hypothesis, law, law, law of nature, lexicalized concept, linguistic rule, natural law, notion, part, possibility, property, quantity, regulation, rule, rule, section, theory, whole | ||
| Antonyms | misconception | ||
| 2. | conception (act) the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice | ||
| 3. | conception (event) the event that occurred at the beginning of something | ||
| Samples | From its creation the plan was doomed to failure. | ||
| Synonyms | creation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beginning | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization, impregnation | ||
| 4. | conception (cognition) the creation of something in the mind | ||
| Synonyms | design, excogitation, innovation, invention | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | creative thinking, creativeness, creativity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | concoction, contrivance | ||
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