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conceptions

NOUN

understanding; idea

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appreciation conceit concept impression interpretation notion perception realization

STRONG

apperception apprehension clue cognition comprehension consideration design dreaming explanation exposition fancy image inkling intellection meditation musing philosophizing picture plan representation speculation thought version

WEAK

cogitating communing concentrating considering deliberating envisaging fancying imagining meditating mental grasp speculating

Antonyms

STRONG

concrete fact ignorance misunderstanding reality truth

WEAK

abortion being death

NOUN

beginning, birth

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fertilization origin

STRONG

formation germination impregnation inception initiation insemination invention launching outset start

Antonyms

STRONG

conclusion end ending finish

WEAK

abortion being concrete death

Example Sentences

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These aspirations speak to customers’ greatest desires, their dreams for the future, and their conceptions of who they are and who they strive to be.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

Strategic conceptions are ripe to be overhauled in the heat of crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Such scenarios are common throughout the world, largely because contemporary conceptions of antisemitism are shaped by mandated Holocaust education rather than comprehensive teaching on Jew-hatred in all its forms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

By untethering the legal doctrine around company control from its traditional conceptions, the ruling introduced uncertainty precisely where Delaware law had long provided clarity.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

The pride of the game was the depth of its conceptions, Fischer contended, not triumph by mechanical means.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady