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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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thinking
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????k??/
- Hyphenation: think?ing
- Rhymes: -??k??
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle English thinking, thynkynge, thenkyng, equivalent to think +? -ing.
Noun
thinking (usually uncountable, plural thinkings)
- Thought; gerund of think.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- quick-thinking
- thinking cap
- thinking man
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English thenkinge, þinkynge, þenkynge, þenchinde, from Old English þen?ende, from Proto-Germanic *þankijandz, present participle of *þankijan? (“to think”), equivalent to think +? -ing. Cognate with Dutch denkend (“thinking”), German denkend (“thinking”), Swedish tänkande (“thinking”).
Verb
thinking
- present participle of think
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