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conception — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • conception noun The moment an egg is fertilized, marking the start of a pregnancy.
  • design noun A plan showing how something should look, function, or be built.

Senses

conception is used for these senses in English:

  • conception The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
  • design A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.

conception — full definition

  1. noun The moment an egg is fertilized, marking the start of a pregnancy.
  2. noun An idea, plan, or mental image of how something works or should be.

design — full definition

  1. noun A plan showing how something should look, function, or be built.
  2. verb To plan and work out the details of something before it is made.
  3. noun A decorative pattern.

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