Thesaurus: conception

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1. n. The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.
2. n. The state of being conceived; beginning.
3. n. The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception.
4. n. The formation in the mind of an image, idea, or notion, apprehension.
5. n. The image, idea, or notion of any action or thing which is formed in the mind; a concept; a notion; a universal; the product of a rational belief or judgment. See Concept.
6. n. Idea; purpose; design.
7. n. Conceit; affected sentiment or thought.
8. n. an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
9. n. the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon
10. n. the event that occurred at the beginning of something
11. n. the creation of something in the mind