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{
"term": "conception",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "an understanding or a belief of what something/somebody is or what something/somebody should be",
"sensetop": "conception of somethingconception that…",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Marx’s conception of social justice",
"contextForm": "conception of something"
},
{
"text": "He has **no conception of** how difficult life is if you're unemployed."
},
{
"text": "I had to reassess my conception that she was basically an honest person.",
"contextForm": "conception that…"
},
{
"text": "He has no conception of what it's like to be unemployed."
},
{
"text": "I had a rather romantic conception of life in the country."
},
{
"text": "Our conception of relationships is largely formed in early childhood."
},
{
"text": "Our conceptions of our own society may not always be accurate."
},
{
"text": "liberal conceptions of the role of the state"
},
{
"text": "You have no conception of what her life is like."
},
{
"text": "The internet challenges traditional conceptions of copyright."
},
{
"text": "We now have a clearer conception of the problem."
},
{
"text": "Saussure began developing his conception of linguistics in 1916."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["clear", "distinct", "broad"],
"verb + conception": ["have", "develop", "challenge"],
"preposition": ["in conception"],
"phrases": ["have no conception of something"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the process of forming an idea or a plan",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The plan was brilliant in its conception but failed because of lack of money."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["clear", "distinct", "broad"],
"verb + conception": ["have", "develop", "challenge"],
"preposition": ["in conception"],
"phrases": ["have no conception of something"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the process of an egg being fertilized inside a woman’s body so that she becomes pregnant",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the moment of conception"
},
{
"text": "A child is born about 40 weeks after conception takes place."
}
],
"topics": ["Life stages"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["immaculate"],
"verb + conception": ["prevent"],
"conception + noun": ["probability", "rate"],
"preposition": ["at conception"],
"phrases": ["the moment of conception"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈsepʃn/",
"audio": "xc/conception/xconception__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈsepʃn/",
"audio": "xc/conception/xconception__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: via Old French from Latin conceptio(n-), from the verb concipere, from com- ‘together’ + capere ‘take’."
}