Conception commonly refers to: *

Concept A concept is an abstract idea that serves as a foundation for more concrete principles, thoughts, and beliefs. Concepts play an important role in all aspects of cognition. As such, concepts are studied within such disciplines as linguistics, ...

, an abstract idea or a mental symbol *

Conception (biology) Fertilisation or fertilization (see spelling differences), also known as generative fertilisation, syngamy and impregnation, is the fusion of gametes to give rise to a zygote and initiate its development into a new individual organism or off ...

, fertilization of the ovum Conception may also refer to:

Entertainment

* ''Conception'' (album), an album by Miles Davis * "Conception" (song), a 1950 jazz standard by George Shearing * ''Conception'', a posthumous album by

Bill Evans William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, block chords, innovative chord voicings, a ...

* Conception (band), a Norwegian band * ''Conception'' (film), a 2011 film * ''Conception'' (video game), a 2012 role-playing video game developed by Spike ** ''Conception'' (anime), a 2018 anime TV series adaptation of the same video game * '' Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars'', a 2013 RPG video game also by Spike

Maritime

* Sinking of MV ''Conception'', a 2019 fire and sinking of a dive boat

Places

* Conception, Missouri, US * Conception, Minnesota, US *

Conception Bay Conception Bay (CB) is a bay on the southeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The population (in 2011) of people living in municipalities (or unincorporated census subdivisions) located along the coast of Conception Bay was 90,490 making it ...

, Newfoundland, Canada * Conception Bay (Namibia)

Entertainment

Maritime

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