noun
Meaning 1
The act of conceiving.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
conception
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈsɛpʃən/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /kənˈsepʃən/
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CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N S EH1 P SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The state of being conceived; the beginning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
The start of pregnancy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 8
Something conceived or designed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
noun
Meaning 10
the creation of something in the mind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: invention, innovation, excogitation, design
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: creativity, creativeness, creative thinking
Narrower terms: concoction, contrivance
noun
Meaning 11
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: concept, construct
Antonyms: misconception
Broader terms: idea, thought
Narrower terms: conceptualization, conceptualisation, conceptuality, notion, category, rule, regulation, property, attribute, dimension, abstraction, abstract, quantity, part, section, division, whole, law, natural law, law of nature, lexicalized concept, hypothesis, possibility, theory, fact, linguistic rule
noun
Meaning 12
the event that occurred at the beginning of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- from its creation the plan was doomed to failure
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: creation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beginning
Narrower terms: fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, impregnation
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō ▲ Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)calq. Latin concipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin conceptiōlbor. Old French conceptionbor. Middle English concepcioun English conception 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.
Across languages
Translations
117 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: konsepsie — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Arabic: حَبَل (ḥabal) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Arabic: حَمْل (ḥaml) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Aragonese: concepción — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Armenian: հղիացում (hġiacʻum) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Azerbaijani: mayalanma — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Azerbaijani: döllənmə — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Belarusian: зача́цце (začáccje) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Belarusian: апладне́нне (apladnjénnje) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Belarusian: апладне́ньне (apladnjénʹnje) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Bulgarian: заче́ване (začévane) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Catalan: concepció — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Chinese Mandarin: 受胎 (shòutāi) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Chinese Mandarin: 受精 (shòujīng) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Chinese Mandarin: 懷孕 /怀孕 (huáiyùn) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Chinese Mandarin: 受胎啟動 /受胎启动 (Shòutāi qǐdòng) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Czech: početí — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Danish: undfangelse — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Danish: befrugtning — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Danish: konception — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Dutch: bevruchting — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Dutch: ontvangenis — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Esperanto: gravediĝo — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Estonian: kontseptsioon — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Finnish: hedelmöitys — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Finnish: hedelmöittyminen — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- French: conception — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Galician: concepción — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Georgian: ჩასახვა (časaxva) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- German: Empfängnis — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Greek: σύλληψη (sýllipsi) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Greek: επικύηση (epikýisi) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Hebrew: הִתְעַבְּרוּת — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Hindi: गर्भधारण (garbhadhāraṇ) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Hungarian: fogamzás — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Hungarian: fogantatás — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Icelandic: getnaður — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Irish: coimpeart — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Italian: concezione — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Italian: concepimento — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Japanese: 妊娠 (ninshin) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Japanese: 受胎 (jutai) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Kapampangan: pamangagli — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Kazakh: ұрықталу (ūryqtalu) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Korean: 임신 (imsin) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Korean: 수태 (sutae) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Latin: conceptio — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Macedonian: зачнување (začnuvanje) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Middle English: concepcioun — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Norwegian Bokmål: unnfangelse — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Norwegian Nynorsk: unnfanging — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Polish: poczęcie — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Portuguese: concepção — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Portuguese: conceção — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Romanian: concepere — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Romanian: zămislire — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Romanian: concepție — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Russian: зача́тие (začátije) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Serbo-Croatian: заче́ће — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Serbo-Croatian: začéće — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Slovak: počatie — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Slovene: spočetje — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Slovene: zanositev — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Spanish: concepción — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Swedish: konception — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Tagalog: lihi — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Tagalog: paglilihi — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Turkish: döllenme — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Turkish: aşılanma — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎗𐎊 (hry) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Ukrainian: зача́ття (začáttja) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Ukrainian: заплі́днення (zaplídnennja) — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Venetan: concesion — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Vietnamese: quan niệm — initiation of an embryonic animal life
- Bulgarian: разбиране (razbirane) — the power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind
- Finnish: käsitteenmuodostus — the power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind
- Greek: σύλληψη (sýllipsi) — the power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind
- Hungarian: felfogás — the power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind
- Mongolian: ойлголт (ojlgolt) — the power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind
- Romanian: concepere — the power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind
- Spanish: ideación — the power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind
- Tagalog: kadalumatan — the power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind
- Bashkir: төшөнсә (töşönsə) — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Bulgarian: предста́ва (predstáva) — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Bulgarian: поня́тие (ponjátie) — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Bulgarian: конце́пция (koncépcija) — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Dutch: concept — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Esperanto: konceptaĵo — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Finnish: suunnittelu — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- French: conception — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- German: Vorstellung — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- German: Konzeption — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Greek: επινόηση (epinóisi) — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Greek: ιδέα (idéa) — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Hindi: संकल्पना (saṅkalpanā) — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Hindi: परिकल्पना (parikalpanā) — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Hungarian: fogalom — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Hungarian: koncepció — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Italian: concetto — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Kazakh: тұжырымдама (tūjyrymdama) — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Latvian: koncepcija — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Middle English: concepcioun — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Plautdietsch: Äwalaj — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Polish: koncepcja — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Romanian: concept — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Romanian: concepție — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Romanian: imagine — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Romanian: idee — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Romanian: concepții — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Russian: поня́тие (ponjátije) — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Russian: конце́пция (koncépcija) — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Russian: представле́ние (predstavlénije) — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Russian: иде́я (idéja) — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Serbo-Croatian: концѐпција — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Serbo-Croatian: koncèpcija — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Tagalog: kadalumatan — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
- Ukrainian: конце́пція (koncépcija) — an image, idea, or notion formed in the mind — see also concept
Real reading context