conception

  • 31conception — noun 1) from conception until natural death Syn: inception of pregnancy, conceiving, fertilization, impregnation, insemination 2) the product s conception Syn: inception, genesis, origination, creation, invention; b …

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  • 32conception — ● n. f. ►SPECIF Le développement de logiciels ressemble un peu à une maternité : mieux vaut mieux concevoir d abord, développer ensuite et accoucher enfin; mais la durée correspondante n a pas grand chose à voir avec le nombre de participants:… …

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  • 33conception — con|cep|tion [ kən sepʃən ] noun ** 1. ) count a belief about what something is like: conception of: His conception of the world is a very strange one. The report challenges traditional conceptions of the role of women in society. 2. ) singular… …

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  • 34conception — noun 1 (C, U) a general idea about what something is like, or a general understanding of something (+ of): He s got a really strange conception of friendship. | have no conception of: You ve no conception of what conditions are like. 2 (U) a… …

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  • 35conception — noun 1) the fertility treatment resulted in conception Syn: pregnancy, fertilization, impregnation, insemination 2) the product s conception Syn: inception, genesis, origination, creation, invention, beginning …

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  • 36conception — noun Etymology: Middle English concepcioun, from Anglo French concepcion, from Latin conception , conceptio, from concipere Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or …

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  • 37conception —   Mana o (thought); ko u (becoming pregnant). To cause conception, ho ohāpai, hāpai ana, ho okō. Medicine for women to induce conception, ho ohua kawowo …

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  • 38conception — An idea, as an idea for a patentable invention, which must include every essential attribute of the complete and practical invention. If anything remains to be completed or devised in order to enable the instrument or art to perform its functions …

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  • 39conception — n. 1 the act or an instance of conceiving; the process of being conceived. 2 an idea or plan, esp. as being new or daring (the whole conception showed originality). Phrases and idioms: no conception of an inability to imagine. Derivatives:… …

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  • 40Conception — Provenance. Vient du latin concipere Signifie: concevoir Se fête le 8 septembre. Histoire. Ce prénom est donné et porté par les chrétiens d Espagne et d Amérique du Sud en l honneur de la Vierge Marie qui a été préservée du péché originel, dès sa …

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