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conception
English
Etymology
From Middle English concepcioun, borrowed from Old French conception, from Latin concepti? (“a comprehending, a collection, composition, an expression, also a becoming pregnant”), from concipi?, past participle conceptus (“conceive”); see conceive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?s?p??n/
Noun
conception (countable and uncountable, plural conceptions)
- The act of conceiving.
- The state of being conceived; the beginning.
- The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
- The start of pregnancy.
- The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
- 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.
- An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.
Antonyms
- misconception
Coordinate terms
- inception
Related terms
- conceive
- concept
Translations
See also
- contraception
References
- conception in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- conception in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- nonectopic
French
Etymology
From Old French conception, concepcion, borrowed from Latin conceptio, conceptionem (“comprehension, understanding”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.s?p.sj??/
Noun
conception f (plural conceptions)
- conception (of a child)
- conception (beginning, start)
- ability to understand
- viewpoint; angle
- concept, idea
Related terms
- concept
- concevoir
Further reading
- “conception” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Alternative forms
- concepcion
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin conceptio, conceptionem (“comprehension, understanding”).
Noun
conception f (oblique plural conceptions, nominative singular conception, nominative plural conceptions)
- conception (of a child)
Descendants
- ? Middle English: concepcioun, concepcion, concepciun, concepcyon, consepcioun
- English: conception
- French: conception
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postulate
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin postul?t- (“asked”), from the verb postul?re (“to ask”), from Latin postul? (“request”).
Pronunciation
- Noun
- (UK) enPR: p?s?tyo?o-l?t IPA(key): /?p?stj?l?t/
- (US) enPR: p?s?ch?-l?t, p?s?ch?-l?t', IPA(key): /?p?st??l?t/, /?p?st???le?t/
- Hyphenation: pos?tu?late
- Adjective
- (UK) enPR: p?s?tyo?o-l?t IPA(key): /?p?stj?l?t/
- (US) enPR: p?s?ch?-l?t, IPA(key): /?p?st??l?t/
- Hyphenation: pos?tu?late
- Verb
- (UK) enPR: p?s?tyo?o-l?t IPA(key): /?p?stj?le?t/
- (US) enPR: p?s?ch?-l?t' IPA(key): /?p?st???le?t/
- Hyphenation: pos?tu?late
Noun
postulate (plural postulates)
- Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument. Sometimes distinguished from axioms as being relevant to a particular science or context, rather than universally true, and following from other axioms rather than being an absolute assumption.
- A fundamental element; a basic principle.
- (logic) An axiom.
- A requirement; a prerequisite.
Derived terms
- parallel postulate
- universal postulate
Translations
Adjective
postulate (not comparable)
- Postulated.
Verb
postulate (third-person singular simple present postulates, present participle postulating, simple past and past participle postulated)
- To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.
- 1883, Benedictus de Spinoza, translated by R. H. M. Elwes, Ethics, Part 3, Prop. XXII,
- But this pleasure or pain is postulated to come to us accompanied by the idea of an external cause; […]
- 1911, Encyclopædia Britannica, "Infinite",
- [T]he attempt to arrive at a physical explanation of existence led the Ionian thinkers to postulate various primal elements or simply the infinite ?? ???????.
- 1883, Benedictus de Spinoza, translated by R. H. M. Elwes, Ethics, Part 3, Prop. XXII,
- (transitive, intransitive, Christianity, historical) To appoint or request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical office.
- 1874, John Small (ed.), The Poetical Works of Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld, Vol 1, p. xvi
- [A]lthough Douglas was postulated to it [the Abbacy of Arbroath], and signed letters and papers under this designation his nomination […] was never completed.
- 1874, John Small (ed.), The Poetical Works of Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld, Vol 1, p. xvi
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To request, demand or claim for oneself.
Derived terms
- postulation
- postulational
Translations
Anagrams
- attopulse
Italian
Verb
postulate
- second-person plural present indicative of postulare
- second-person plural imperative of postulare
- feminine plural of postulato
Latin
Verb
postul?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of postul?
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