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conception
1 a
(1): the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both
(2): embryo
, fetus b: beginning <joy had the like conception in our eyes
— Shakespeare>2 a: the capacity, function, or process of forming or understanding ideas or abstractions or their symbols b: a general idea : concept c: a complex product of abstract or reflective thinking d: the sum of a person's ideas and beliefs concerning something3: the originating of something in the mind
synonyms see idea
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