conception
Usage
Example Sentences
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Their playing was electric in its immediacy, cogent in conception and executed with meticulous care—the orchestra sounding lush yet transparent, with enviably subtle dynamic shifts.
What might have looked like a shared curriculum was really three different educational projects reflective of three institutions with different conceptions of themselves—which is to say, three different missions.
“But as a general conception of what I saw there, sales were down this year.”
The problem with this conception is the opportunity cost it exacts on the American reading public.
From Salon
"After two years, we realised natural conception wasn't working for us," they said.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
