noun idea; purpose; design.
2. conception ·noun conceit; affected sentiment or thought.
3. conception ·noun the state of being conceived; beginning.
4. conception ·noun the formation in the mind of an image, idea, or notion, apprehension.
5. conception ·noun the act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.
6. conception ·noun the power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception.
7. conception ·noun the image, idea, or notion of any action or thing which is formed in the mind; a concept; a notion; a universal; the product of a rational belief or judgment. ·see concept.