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Meanings of conception in English
An abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances.
Usage of conception in English
1
But the difficulty lies less in the execution than in the conception.
2
The seventh study differs in conception from the rest; it stands alone.
3
The optimal time to conception continues to remain an area of contention.
4
The central figure is naked Nature resting in the period of conception.
5
His startled mind rose to the conception; this also is in life.
6
His conception of the naive tales and beliefs was in itself naive.
7
That in a very simple form is the mechanical conception of government.
8
This conception had formed itself in his mind in the following way.
9
The act was of his own conception; the dull dog was ambitious.
10
We find no fundamental errors in M. Comte's general conception of history.
11
We may form some conception as to the motives of the crime.
12
The highest conception of human relations is embodied in the word law.
13
The conception of Fascist authority has nothing in common with the Police.
14
This would be my conception of the large idea of the campaign.
15
His faith in God is intensely passionate and sublime in its conception.
16
But it received the rational soul at the term of the conception.
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Conception through the time
Conception across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Less common