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Definition: Conception |
ConceptionNoun1. An abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances. 2. The act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon. 3. The event that occurred at the beginning of something; "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure". 4. The creation of something in the mind. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "conception" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Conception \Con*cep"tion\, noun. [French expression conception, from Latin expression conceptio, from concipere to conceive. See Conceive.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The onset of pregnancy, marked by implantation of the blastocyst; the formation of a viable zygote. (references) |
Statistics | An idea or plan, especially as being new or daring. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: ConceptionSynonyms: concept (n), construct (n), creation (n), design (n), excogitation (n), innovation (n), invention (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: misconception (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Belief | Persuasion, conviction, convincement, plerophory, self-conviction; certainty; opinion, mind, view; conception, thinking; impression; (idea); surmise; conclusion; (judgment). |
Idea | Noun: idea, notion, conception, thought, apprehension, impression, perception, image, gr/eidolon/gr, sentiment, reflection, observation, consideration; abstract idea; archetype, formative notion; guiding conception, organizing conception; image in the mind, regulative principle. |
Ignorance | Verb: be ignorant; Adjective: not know; know not, know not what, know nothing of; have no idea, have no notion, have no conception; not have the remotest idea; not know chalk from cheese. |
Imagination | Conception, Vorstellung, excogitation, "a fine frenzy"; cloudland, dreamland; flight of fancy, fumes of fancy; "thick coming fancies"; creation of the brain, coinage of the brain; imagery. |
Intellect | Noun: intellect, mind, understanding, reason, thinking principle; rationality; cogitative faculties, cognitive faculties, discursive faculties, reasoning faculties, intellectual faculties; faculties, senses, consciousness, observation, percipience, intelligence, intellection, intuition, association of ideas, instinct, conception, judgment, wits, parts, capacity, intellectuality, genius; brains, cognitive powers, intellectual powers; wit; ability; (skill); wisdom; Vernunft, Verstand. |
Ideality, idealism; transcendentalism, spiritualism; immateriality; universal concept, universal conception. | |
Quantity | Category, general conception, universal predicament. |
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Screenplays | Have you any conception how much room it takes to turn this thing around? (The Long, Long Trailer; writing credit: Clinton Twiss; Albert Hackett) | |
Clever | What occurs more often in December than any other month? Conception. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | About Conception and Contraception (1974) Le Retour de l'immaculée conception (1971) XPW's Hardcore Conception (1999) Drôle de conception XY (1996) Immaculate Conception (1992) | |
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 | Area between Point Arguello and Point Conception, California Surveyed by Assistant A. W. Chase, 1877 Topographic Survey T-1520a. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | The Point Conception Lighthouse Drawing by Major Hartman Bache, inspectof of the 12th Lighthouse District Hartman Bache was the uncle of Alexander D. Bache, 2nd supt. of the Coast Survey. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | A view of Point Conception and the Point Conception Lighthouse from the Santa Barbara Channel. In: Pacific Coast. Coast Pilot of California, Oregon, and Washington Territory . By George Davidson, 1869. P. 22. Library Call Number VK947.D4 1869. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Artist's conception of pole and line fishing. When one fish is hooked, the rest of the school tends to follow the hooked fish to the side of the fishing vessel . Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Artist's conception of tuna trolling operation. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Artist's conception of the NOAA Ship FAIRWEATHER. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Artist's conception of the AEROS meteorological satellite system. Basically, this is the concept for the GOES series of satellites. In: "Plan for a National Meteorological Satellite System", produced by the National Coordinating Committee for Aviation Meteorology, April 1961. Credit: NOAA in Space. |  | Artist's conception of a self-contained portable meteorological satellite data receiving station for use by United States military units. Credit: NOAA in Space. |
 | An artist's conception of a fully integrated environmental monitoring system including satellites, balloons, ships, aircraft, buoys, and data reception and processing facilities. Credit: NOAA in Space. |  | An artist's conception of the interior of a normally developing premature infant eye. Credit: Oregon Health Sciences University. |
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| Author | Quotation |
MoliFre | Long is the road from conception to completion. |
Schiller | The painter is, as to the execution of his work, a mechanic; but as to his conception and spirit and design he is hardly below even the poet. |
Thomas Hobbes | Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech. |
Tolstoy | To a lackey no man can be great, for a lackey has his own conception of greatness. |
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Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The bourgeoisie naturally conceives the world in which it is supreme to be the best; and bourgeois Socialism develops this comfortable conception into various more or less complete systems. (reference) |
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Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | And as to ideas, entities, abstractions, and transcendentals, I could never drive the least conception into their heads. |
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Health | This does not mean that conception cannot occur, however. (references) | |
This enriched lining is prepared to receive and nourish a fertilized egg following conception. (references) | ||
If conception occurs when the woman is not in metabolic control, counseling should be offered. (references) | ||
Business | American companies have an advantage over European producers owing to the fact that the time from conception to market readiness is much shorter for them in comparison to the Europeans. (references) | |
This campaign publicised the findings of a DOH expert committee, which recommended that women take folic acid supplements before conception and for the first 12 weeks of pregnancy to drastically reduce the likelihood of their baby being born with neural tube defects, such as spina bifida. (references) | ||
Travel | Eq. Guinea | The following Equato-Guinean national holidays are scheduled on fixed calendar days: January 1 (New Year's Day), May 1 (Labor Day), May 25 (African Freedom Day), June 5 (President's Birthday), August 3 (Armed Forces Day), October 2 (Independence Day), December 8 (Immaculate Conception Day) and December 25 (Christmas Day). (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TIGHTS, n. An habiliment of the stage designed to reinforce the general acclamation of the press agent with a particular publicity. Public attention was once somewhat diverted from this garment to Miss Lillian Russell's refusal to wear it, and many were the conjectures as to her motive, the guess of Miss Pauline Hall showing a high order of ingenuity and sustained reflection. It was Miss Hall's belief that nature had not endowed Miss Russell with beautiful legs. This theory was impossible of acceptance by the male understanding, but the conception of a faulty female leg was of so prodigious originality as to rank among the most brilliant feats of philosophical speculation! It is strange that in all the controversy regarding Miss Russell's aversion to tights no one seems to have thought to ascribe it to what was known among the ancients as "modesty." The nature of that sentiment is now imperfectly understood, and possibly incapable of exposition with the vocabulary that remains to us. The study of lost arts has, however, been recently revived and some of the arts themselves recovered. This is an epoch of renaissances, and there is ground for hope that the primitive "blush" may be dragged from its hiding-place amongst the tombs of antiquity and hissed on to the stage. |
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | The conception that it was my intention to menace or insult the Government of France is as unfounded as the attempt to extort from the fears of that nation what her sense of justice may deny would be vain and ridiculous. |
James Buchanan | 1857-1861 | What a happy conception, then, was it for Congress to apply this simple rule, that the will of the majority shall govern, to the settlement of the question of domestic slavery in the Territories. |
Woodrow Wilson | 1913-1921 | United alike in the conception of our duty and in the high resolve to perform it in the face of all men, let us dedicate ourselves to the great task to which we must now set our hand. |
Warren G. Harding | 1921-1923 | America is ready to encourage, eager to initiate, anxious to participate in any seemly program likely to lessen the probability of war, and promote that brotherhood of mankind which must be God's highest conception of human relationship. |
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| "Conception" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.84% of the time. "Conception" is used about 1,845 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.84% | 1,842 | 4,620 |
| Noun (common) | 0.11% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.05% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,845 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "conception" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Conception | First name Female | 1,000 | 3,333 |
| Conception | Last name | 200 | 32,222 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "conception". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Concepta | Female | Irish | A conception |
| Concetta | Female | Italian | A conception |
| Concepción | Female | Spanish | A conception |
| Concha | Female | Spanish | A conception |
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1. Conception, MO |
Expressions using "conception": conception Junct ♦ conception Junction ♦ conception of life ♦ conception of the world ♦ False conception ♦ general conception ♦ have no conception ♦ immaculate conception ♦ legal time of conception ♦ materialist conception of the world ♦ skew conception ♦ universal conception. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "conception": pre-conception. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Afrikaans | begrip (concept, idea, notion, understanding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | projekt (blueprint, design, device, plan, project, proposals, scheme, venture), plan (blueprint, delineation, design, device, dodge, draft, draught, idea, map, outline, plan, plane, plat, program, programme, project, Rede, schedule, scheme, survey, syllabus, target), përshtypje (account, effect, experience, impress, impression, sense, sound), nocion (concept, idea, notion), mendim (brainchild, cogitation, conceit, estimation, idea, judgement, judgment, meditation, mind, muse, notion, opinion, reflection, reflexion, say, self-communion, sentiment, spirit, thinking, thought), mbetje shtatzënë, kuptim (comprehension, construction, drift, hang, import, meaning, perception, point, purport, realization, sense, significance, signification, stress, understanding), konceptim, ide (brainchild, brainstorm, idea, notion, picture, thought). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فكرة (conceit, concept, idea, impression, motif, notion, opinion, outline, think, thought, view), فهم (accept, apprehend, apprehension, brain, catch, comprehend, comprehension, conceive, discern, discernment, grasp, hear, hear of, intelligence, know, know of, learn, learn about, make out, penetrate, perceive, perception, pick out, pierce, put across, puzzle out, realization, realize, see, see daylight, see the light, seeing, sense, skulk, sort out, take in, twig, understand, understanding, understood), وحم, حمل (bear, bearing, burden, carriage, carry, carry on, charge, deck, hold, hump, knock up, lade, lamb, lifting, load, portage, pregnancy, take, tote, yeanling), حبل حملة, تصور (be photographed, conceive, envisage, fantasy, ideation, imagination, imagine, phantasy, picture, project, see, suppose, vision, visualization, visualize), إدراك (appreciation, apprehension, cognizance, comprehension, grasp, intelligence, knowledge, maturity, puberty, pubescence, realization, reason, recognition, responsiveness, savvy, science, sense, senses, sensibilities, sensibility, smart, understanding), بداية (beginning, commencement, inception, onset, opening, origination, outbreak, outset, start, starter, starting, threshold). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | схващане (apprehension, comprehension, cramp, grasp, idea, kink, notion, opinion, outlook, perception, prehension, understanding, uptake, view), разбиране (apprehension, comprehension, feeling, grasp, grip, hold, idea, knowing, opinion, perception, realization, taste, understanding, uptake), концепция, зачеване, зачатие, замисъл (counsel, design, game, plan, view), представа (idea, notion, picture, presentation, tablature, view), понятие (concept, idea, intention, name, notion), план (blueprint, dart, diagram, draft, draught, game, idea, layout, map, plan, plat, plot, program, programme, project, proposal, schedule, schema, scheme, set up, skeleton, sketch, view), идея (concept, design, idea, intention, message, notion, suggestion, thought). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 构想 (Devise, Devised, Devising, envision, envisioned, envisioning), 想像力 (imagination). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pojetí, poèetí, představa (eidolon, fancy, idea, image, imago, notion, picture, view), nápad (brain child, brain wave, device, flash, idea, inspiration, notion, thought), koncepce. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | conceptio, undfangelse, udkast (casting, casting off, cast-off unploughed strip, concept, dead furrow, design, drafting, draught, drawing, earth furrow, finish, minute, open furrow, pattern, plan, project, sketch, sole furrow, texture), konception, koncept (concept), begreb (concept, idea, notion, realization, sense). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | conceptie (gnathic index), begrip (concept, idea, notion, understanding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | komprenaĵo (idea, notion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tajunta (apprehension, comprehension, consciousness), mielle (idea), hedelmöitys (fertilization), hedelmöityminen (fertilization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | conception (conceit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | konzeption (idea), empfängnis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σύλληψη (apprehension, arestment, arrest, capture, catch, prehension, seizure), αντίληψη (apprehension, awareness, cognisance, comprehension, concept, notion, percept, perception, realization, understanding, wit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מוש' (apperceived, attained, concept, idea, notion, obtained, term), מחשב" (apprehension, device, idea, mind, skill, think, thinking, thought), תפיש" (comprehension), קליט" (absorption, comprehension, intake, integration, occlusion, reception, understanding), ע"וי (pregnancy), עבור (because of, for, for the sake of, impregnation, intercalation, so that), "תעברות (annoyance, impregnation), "שקפ" (outlook, review, sight, slant, stance, view), "ש'" (acquirement, acquisition, attainment, comprehension, objection, obtainment, perception, procurement, reach), רעיון (concept, idea, notion, thought). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fogamzás, eszme (idea, juggernaut, notion, theory), elgondolás (concept, design, device, excogitation, idea, intention, plan, slant), magzat (embryo, fetus, foetus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pembuahan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | concezione (view), concepimento. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 受胎 (fertilization), 妊 (pregnancy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | そうね" (idea, prime of life, thought), そう (all, aspect, bed, cellar, class, countenance, depository, destroy, elevator, ever, ex-, feel pain, former, formerly, general, go around, godown, granary, gross, idea, layer, magazine, monk, never, once before, originate, phase, priest, seam, start, stream, suffer, thought, to accompany, to be added to, to be adjusted to, to become married, to comply with, to follow, to marry, to meet, to run along, to satisfy, to suit, treasury, warehouse, whole), さくい (act, artificiality, commission, design, idea, intention, motif), に"し" (pregnancy), かいたい (absconding with money, becoming pregnant, dismantling, laziness, negligence, pregnancy, regression), かいに" (dismissal, pregnancy), か"ね" (acceptance, idea, notion, preparedness, resignation, sense), "うそう (confused fighting, dispute, frost, good running, grand, high and dry ground, high priest, hurrying, idea, imperial ancestors, imposing, magnificent, muzzle loading gun, ore bed, plan, plot, public funeral, red algae, resistance, rhodophyceae, sailing, school funeral, sending back or sending later, spice used for cooking, upper, virtuous priest), コンセプション , じゅたい (fertilization), ちゃくそう (fixing, idea, putting on), ちゃくい (caution, idea, one's clothes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 개념작용. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gientyn (beget, begetting, breeding, conceive, conceiving, engender, evolve, father, form, generate, generation, procreate, produce, production, progeniture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onceptioncay concepção (conceiving, fostering, framing, intention, realization). (various references) concepere (origination), concepţie (apprehension, idea, ideology, image, imagination, mind, notion, outlook, principle, realization, school, thinking, view), zãmislire (strain), vedere (eyesight, idea, outlook, prospect, seeing, sight, view, vision, vista), sentiment (emotion, feeling, flush, pathos, sensation, sense, sentiment, view), mentalitate (habit of mind, idea, line of thought, psychology), formaţie (formation, stratum, system, training, trend). (various references) понятие (concept, idea, intention, notion). (various references) toirrcheas. (various references) zamisao (brainchild, idea, plan, project, thinking), začeće, pojam (apprehension, concept, idea, notion, term), koncepcija. (various references) concepción (definition, determination, formula, projection). (various references) föreställning (idea, image, imagination, performance, protest, remonstration, show), begrepp (concept, idea, notion, realization, sense), avelse. (various references) การเริ่มต้น (initiative), การเข้าใจ (intellection), ความคิ" (conceit, concept, feeling, idea, soul, thought). (various references) kavrama (apperception, apprehension, bite, chuck, cinch, clasp, claw, clutch, cognation, cognizance, comprehension, digestion, engaging, fathom, grasp, grip, gripping, insight, penetration, perception, prehension, seizing, understanding, uptake), gebe kalma, fikir (advice, attitude, belief, cogitation, conceit, concept, estimation, hint, idea, ideo-, impression, inspiration, mind, notion, opinion, position, sentiments, suggestion, thinking, think-so, thought, verdict, view, voice). (various references) уявлення (apprehension, imagery, impression, notion), розуміння (apprehension, consciousness, insight, knowing, knowledge, taste, understanding, uptake), концепція (apprehension, concept), зачаття (impregnation), запліднення (fecundation, fertilization, impregnation, insemination), задум (aim, design, plan), поняття (idea, intellection, notion). (various references) sự hình th nh trong óc sự thụ thai, quan niệm (idea), nhận thức khái niệm sự thai nghén trong óc. (various references) meddylrith (idea, mental image). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | conceptiones. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | daenyå. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 3, Verse 16 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai th gunaiki eipen plhqunwn plhqunw taV lupaV sou kai ton stenagmon sou en lupaiV texh tekna kai proV ton andra sou h apostrofh sou kai autoV sou kurieusei |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Mulieri quoque dixit multiplicabo aerumnas tuas et conceptus tuos in dolore paries filios et sub viri potestate eris et ipse dominabitur tui |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | To ðam wife cwæð God eac swylce," Ic gemænifylde ðine yrmða ond ðine geeacnunga;on sarnysse ðu ancenst cild,ond ðu bist under weres anwealdeond he gewylt ðe." |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And vnto the woman he sayd: I will suerly encrease thy sorow ad make the oft with child and with payne shalt thou be deleverd: And thy lustes shall pertayne vnto thy husbond and he shall rule the. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | To the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children: and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | To the woman he said, Great will be your pain in childbirth; in sorrow will your children come to birth; still your desire will be for your husband, but he will be your master. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 3, Verse 16 |
| Cebuano | Nag-ingon siya sa babaye: Pagadaghanon ko sa hilabihan gayud ang imong mga kasakit ug ang imong mga pagpanamkon; ug sa may kasakit ikaw magapanganak ug mga anak; ug ang imong tinguha mao ang pagpangandoy sa imong bana, ug siya magabuot kanimo. |
| Croatian | A ženi reèe: "Trudnoæi tvojoj muke æu umnožit, u mukama djecu æeš raðati. Žudnja æe te mužu tjerati, a on æe gospodariti nad tobom." |
| Danish | Til Kvinden sagde han: "Jeg vil meget mangfoldiggøre dit Svangerskabs Møje; med Smerte skal du føde Børn; men til din Mand skal din Attrå være, og han skal herske over dig!" |
| Dutch | Tot de vrouw zeide Hij: Ik zal zeer vermenigvuldigen uw smart, namelijk uwer dracht; met smart zult gij kinderen baren; en tot uw man zal uw begeerte zijn, en hij zal over u heerschappij hebben. |
| Finnish | Ja vaimolle hän sanoi: "Minä teen suuriksi sinun raskautesi vaivat, kivulla sinun pitää synnyttämän lapsia; mutta mieheesi on sinun halusi oleva, ja hän on sinua vallitseva". |
| French | Il dit la femme: J`augmenterai la souffrance de tes grossesses, tu enfanteras avec douleur, et tes désirs se porteront vers ton mari, mais il dominera sur toi. |
| German | Und zum Weibe sprach er: Ich will dir viel Schmerzen schaffen, wenn du schwanger wirst; du sollst mit Schmerzen Kinder gebären; und dein Verlangen soll nach deinem Manne sein, und er soll dein Herr sein. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Li di fanm lan. Lè w'ap fè pitit, m'ap fè soufrans ou vin pi rèd. Wa gen pou soufri anpil lè w'ap akouche. W'ap toujou anvi mari ou. Men, se mari ou ki va chèf ou. |
| Hungarian | Az asszonynak monda: Felette igen megsokasítom viselõsséged fájdalmait, fájdalommal szûlsz magzatokat; és epekedel a te férjed után, õ pedig uralkodik te rajtad. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lalu kata TUHAN kepada perempuan itu, "Aku akan menambah kesakitanmu selagi engkau hamil dan pada waktu engkau melahirkan. Tetapi meskipun demikian, engkau masih tetap berahi kepada suamimu, namun engkau akan tunduk kepadanya." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka firman Tuhan kepada perempuan itu: Bahwa Aku akan menambahi sangat kesusahanmu pada masa engkau mengandung, maka dengan kesusahanpun engkau akan beranak, dan engkau akan takluk kepada lakimu dan iapun akan memerintahkan dikau. |
| Italian | Alla donna disse: i tuoi dolori e le tue gravidanze, con dolore partorirai figli. Verso tuo marito sar il tuo istinto, ma egli ti dominer ». |
| Maori | ¶ Ka mea ia ki te wahine, Ka whakanuia rawatia e ahau tou mamae, me tou haputanga; ka mamae koe ina whanau tamariki; ka hiahia koe ki to tahu, ko ia ano hoki hei rangatira mou. |
| Norwegian | Til kvinnen sa han: Jeg vil gjøre din møie stor i ditt svangerskap; med smerte skal du føde dine barn, og til din mann skal din attrå stå, og han skal råde over dig. |
| Portuguese | E mulher disse: Multiplicarei grandemente a dor da tua conceição; em dor darás luz filhos; e o teu desejo será para o teu marido, e ele te dominará. |
| Rumanian | Femeii i -a zis: ,,Voi mqri foarte mult suferinya wi knsqrcinarea ta; cu durere vei nawte copii, wi dorinyele tale se vor yinea dupq bqrbatul tqu, iar el va stqpkni peste tine.`` |
| Russian | цЕОЕ УЛБЪБМ: ХНОПЦБС ХНОПЦХ УЛПТ'Ш ФЧПА Ч 'ЕТЕНЕООПУФЙ ФЧПЕК; Ч 'ПМЕЪОЙ 'Х"ЕЫШ ТПЦ"БФШ "ЕФЕК; Й Л НХЦХ ФЧПЕНХ ЧМЕЮЕОЙЕ ФЧПЕ, Й ПО 'Х"ЕФ ЗПУ П"УФЧПЧБФШ ОБ" ФП'ПА. |
| Spanish | A la mujer dijo: --Aumentaré mucho tu sufrimiento en el embarazo; con dolor darás a luz a los hijos. Tu deseo te llevará a tu marido, y él se enseñoreará de ti. |
| Swedish | Och till kvinnan sade han: "Jag skall låta dig utstå mycken vedermöda, när du bliver havande; med smärta skall du föda dina barn. Men till din man skall din åtrå vara, och han skall råda över dig." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "conception": conceptional, conceptions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "conception": misconception, postconception, preconception, reconception. (additional references) | |
Words containing "conception": misconceptions, preconceptions, reconceptions. (additional references) | |
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"Conception" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: canception, cinception, concention, conceptio, concipio, concoetion, concotion, condeption, coneption, conseption. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "conception" (pronounced kunse"pshun) |
| 9 | k u n s e" p sh u n | misconception, preconception. |
| 7 | -n s e" p sh u n | inception. |
| 6 | -s e" p sh u n | contraception, deception, exception, interception, misperception, perception, reception. |
| 4 | -p sh u n | absorption, adoption, anticorruption, assumption, caption, conniption, conscription, consumption, contraption, corruption, description, disruption, egyptian, encryption, eruption, exemption, gumption, inscription, interruption, nonprescription, option, overconsumption, preemption, prescription, presumption, proscription, redemption, resumption, subscription, transcription. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraction, contradiction, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-i-n-n-o-o-p-t" | |
-1 letter: nonpoetic. | |
-3 letters: conceit, concent, concept, connect, connote, coontie, ectopic, entopic, nepotic, pontine. | |
-4 letters: conine, cootie, incept, intone, ionone, nocent, noetic, notice, notion, octopi, option, pectic, pectin, poetic, pointe, ponent, ponton, potion, tenpin. | |
-5 letters: cento, conic, conin, conte, conto, coopt, copen, inept, netop, niton, nonce, nonet, onion, ontic, opine, optic, penni, picot, pinon, pinot, pinto. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-e-i-n-n-o-o-p-t" | |
+1 letter: conceptions. | |
+2 letters: conceptional, reconception. | |
+3 letters: contraception, misconception, preconception, preconviction, reconceptions. | |
+4 letters: contraceptions, misconceptions, noncomplicated, omnicompetence, postconception, preconceptions, preconvictions. | |
+5 letters: anthropocentric, omnicompetences. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Frequency 15. Names: Derived from 16. Cities | 17. Expressions 18. Expressions: Internet 19. Translations: Modern 20. Translations: Ancient | 21. Bible Trace 22. Derivations 23. Rhymes 24. Anagrams | 25. Bibliography |
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