conception🔊

The act of conceiving.

The state of being conceived; the beginning.

The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.

The start of pregnancy.

The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.

The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.

An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.