conception
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
Types & categories
- thought hypernym
- conceptualisation hyponym
- notion hyponym
- category hyponym
- rule hyponym
- attribute hyponym
- abstraction hyponym
- quantity hyponym
- division hyponym
- whole hyponym
- natural law hyponym
- law of nature hyponym
- lexicalized concept hyponym
- hypothesis hyponym
- fact hyponym
- linguistic rule hyponym
Related & opposite
- misconception antonym
- conceive derivation
- conceptional derivation
- conceptual derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon
Types & categories
- sexual activity hypernym
Related & opposite
- conceive derivation
Sense 3 noun
the event that occurred at the beginning of something
from its creation the plan was doomed to failure
Types & categories
- beginning hypernym
- fertilization hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
the creation of something in the mind
Types & categories
- creativity hypernym
- concoction hyponym
- contrivance hyponym
Related & opposite
- devise derivation
- conceive derivation
- design derivation
- design derivation
- groundbreaking derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | misconception |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conceive |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conceptional |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conceptual |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | thought |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conceptualisation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | notion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | category |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rule |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | attribute |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | abstraction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | quantity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | division |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | whole |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | natural law |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | law of nature |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lexicalized concept |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypothesis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fact |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | linguistic rule |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conceive |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sexual activity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | create |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | create |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | beginning |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fertilization |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | devise |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | conceive |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | design |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | design |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | groundbreaking |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | creativity |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | concoction |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | contrivance |