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conception
English
Etymology
From Middle English concepcioun, borrowed from Old French conception, from Latin concepti? (“a comprehending, a collection, composition, an expression, also a becoming pregnant”), from concipi?, past participle conceptus (“conceive”); see conceive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?s?p??n/
Noun
conception (countable and uncountable, plural conceptions)
- 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.
Antonyms
- misconception
Coordinate terms
- inception
Related terms
- conceive
- concept
Translations
See also
- contraception
References
- conception in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- conception in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- nonectopic
French
Etymology
From Old French conception, concepcion, borrowed from Latin conceptio, conceptionem (“comprehension, understanding”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.s?p.sj??/
Noun
conception f (plural conceptions)
- conception (of a child)
- conception (beginning, start)
- ability to understand
- viewpoint; angle
- concept, idea
Related terms
- concept
- concevoir
Further reading
- “conception” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Alternative forms
- concepcion
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin conceptio, conceptionem (“comprehension, understanding”).
Noun
conception f (oblique plural conceptions, nominative singular conception, nominative plural conceptions)
- conception (of a child)
Descendants
- ? Middle English: concepcioun, concepcion, concepciun, concepcyon, consepcioun
- English: conception
- French: conception
conception From the web:
- what conception date
- what conception feels like
- what conception that focus on community
- is conceived and conception the same thing
method
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m???d/
- Hyphenation: meth?od
Etymology 1
From Middle French methode, from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (méthodos).
Noun
method (countable and uncountable, plural methods)
- A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process):
- (acting, often "the method") A technique for acting based on the ideas articulated by Konstantin Stanislavski and focusing on authentically experiencing the inner life of the character being portrayed.
- Synonym: method acting
- (object-oriented programming) A subroutine or function belonging to a class or object.
- Synonym: member function
- (slang) Marijuana.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana
- (dated) An instruction book systematically arranged.
Hyponyms
Translations
Verb
method (third-person singular simple present methods, present participle methoding, simple past and past participle methoded)
- (transitive) to apply a method
- 1809, Rachel Russell (baroness.), Letters. To which is prefixed, an intr. vindicating the character of lord ...
- "Says he, there is above ten thousand brisk boys are ready to follow me, whenever I hold up my finger : — Says I, how have you methoded this, that they shall not be crushed, for there will be a great force to oppose you?"
- 1809, Rachel Russell (baroness.), Letters. To which is prefixed, an intr. vindicating the character of lord ...
- (casting, by extension, transitive) to apply particular treatment methods to a mold
- The company employs extensive use of 3D modelling combined with solidification simulation to ensure that critical castings are properly methoded.
Translations
Etymology 2
Abbreviation.
Noun
method (plural methods)
- (skateboarding, snowboarding) Ellipsis of method air.
Anagrams
- mothed
method From the web:
- what method of communication exists in argentina
- what method characterizes propaganda
- what methods were they employing
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