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# conception

«conception» in Mova's school dictionary: **the moment when a baby starts to grow inside its mother…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (conception, conceptions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Conception is the moment when a baby starts to grow inside its mother, when a sperm joins an egg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conception/#m1)

2) A conception is an idea or understanding of something, how you picture it in your mind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conception/#m2)

3) Conception is the start or the first forming of a plan or an idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conception/#m3)

4) (church) The Immaculate Conception is a Catholic belief that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was free from sin from the start of her life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conception/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science and sex education lessons, conception is the start of pregnancy. In thinking and maths, pupils may have a «misconception» — a wrong idea. In projects and art, the conception is the first idea. Phrases: «from conception to birth», «a clear conception of», «misconception», «from its conception».

### examples

- Pregnancy lasts about nine months from conception to birth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conception/#x1)
- A baby begins to form at conception. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conception/#x2)
- He had no conception of how big the ocean really is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conception/#x3)
- From its conception, the park was meant for children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conception/#x4)
- It is a common misconception that bats are blind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conception/#x5)
- Catholics celebrate the Immaculate Conception of Mary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conception/#x6)
- The Lares Familiares were a much more pleasing conception. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conception/#x7)

### note

The verb is «conceive»; the adjective «conceptual». Trap: «misconception» means a wrong idea, not a failed pregnancy. Catholic trap: the Immaculate Conception is about Mary's own beginning, not the birth of Jesus, which many people confuse.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «conception» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conception/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.