{
    "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’."
}