conception

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kənˈsɛpʃən/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/kənˈsɛpʃən/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kən sepshən)


conception
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Sense: Noun: mental image
Synonyms:
image Collocations, impression Collocations, idea Collocations, concept Collocations, notion Collocations, thought Collocations, picture Collocations
Sense: Noun: something that is conceived
Synonyms:
idea Collocations, design Collocations, invention Collocations, creation Collocations
Sense: Noun: concept
Synonyms:
concept Collocations, notion Collocations, conceptualization, conceptualisation (UK), theory Collocations
Sense: Noun: plan
Synonyms:
plan Collocations, scheme Collocations, aim Collocations, idea Collocations, intention Collocations, design Collocations
Sense: Noun: understanding
Synonyms:
understanding Collocations, grasp Collocations, knowledge Collocations, apprehension, comprehension Collocations, idea Collocations, ken
Sense: Noun: origin
Synonyms:
origin Collocations, inception Collocations, birth Collocations, beginning Collocations, origination, dawn Collocations, invention Collocations, launch Collocations, creation Collocations, formation Collocations, genesis
Sense: Noun: impregnation
Synonyms:
impregnation, insemination, fertilization, fertilisation (UK), conceiving
Sense: Noun: act of conceiving mentally
Synonyms:
conceptualization, conceptualisation (UK), conceptualizing, conceptualising, imagination, imagining, originating, devising, formulation, formulating, hatching, inventing, invention Collocations, envisioning, dreaming up, thinking up


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