conception
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
conception/kənˈsepʃn/
▶noun
- 1 the action of conceiving a child or of one being conceived.
- 2 the devising of a plan or idea.
■ the way in which something is perceived.
■ a concept.
- 3 ability to imagine or understand.
– derivatives
conceptional adjective.
conceptional adjective.
'conception' also found in these Oxford entries:
conceptus
- contraption
- embryo
- fetus
- gestation
- Immaculate Conception
- mole
- myth
- pseudocyesis
- safe period
- schema
- systemic
- world view
