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conception
noun
an
individual
idea
or
way
of
understanding
something
•
The
conception
of
freedom
varies
from
culture
to
culture
.
The
conception
of
freedom
varies
from
culture
to
culture
.
•
She
had
no
conception
of
how
vast
the
desert
would
be
until
she
saw
it
.
She
had
no
conception
of
how
vast
the
desert
would
be
until
she
saw
it
.
from
Latin
conceptio
‘
a
comprehending
,
conception
’,
from
concipere
‘
to
take
in
’
noun
the
act
or
process
of
creating
or
beginning
something
•
The
bridge
took
five
years
from
conception
to
completion
.
The
bridge
took
five
years
from
conception
to
completion
.
•
Good
stories
are
refined
many
times
after
their
initial
conception
.
Good
stories
are
refined
many
times
after
their
initial
conception
.
extension
of
the
original
Latin
sense
to
abstract
beginnings
in
English
by
the
16th
century
noun
the
moment
when
a
woman
’
s
egg
is
fertilized
by
a
sperm
,
beginning
pregnancy
•
Doctors
can
estimate
a
baby
’
s
due
date
by
the
time
of
conception
.
Doctors
can
estimate
a
baby
’
s
due
date
by
the
time
of
conception
.
•
She
stopped
drinking
coffee
soon
after
conception
.
She
stopped
drinking
coffee
soon
after
conception
.
medical
sense
recorded
in
English
by
the
14th
century
,
adapting
the
earlier
general
Latin
meaning
to
human
reproduction