n. 25B6; noun
the fertility treatment resulted in conception : INCEPTION OF PREGNANCY, conceiving, fertilization, impregnation, insemination.
the product's conception : INCEPTION, genesis, origination, creation, invention; beginning, origin.
his original conception : PLAN, scheme, project, proposal; intention, aim, idea.
my conception of democracy : IDEA, concept, notion, understanding, abstraction; theory, hypothesis; perception, image, impression.
they had no conception of our problems : UNDERSTANDING, comprehension, appreciation, grasp, knowledge; idea, inkling; informal clue.