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preception

/pɹəˈsɛpʃən/

preception noun: a preconception or presupposition.

Noun

preception (plural preceptions)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A preconception or presupposition.
    • Their Leo calls these words a Preception1620, Joseph Hall, The Honour of the Married Clergy

preception meaning in Tamil

preception in Tamil

உபலம்பம்

Forms of preception

pluralpreceptions

Origin of preception

Borrowed from Latin praeceptiō.

Questions about preception

What does preception mean?
Preception means a preconception or presupposition.
What is preception in Tamil?
Preception in Tamil is உபலம்பம். See Preception meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is preception?
Preception is a noun.
How do you pronounce preception?
Preception is pronounced /pɹəˈsɛpʃən/.
What is the plural of preception?
The plural of preception is preceptions.

Words near preception in the dictionary

  1. precepted
  2. preceptee
  3. preceptees
  4. preceptial
  5. precepting
  6. preception
  7. preceptions
  8. preceptism
  9. preceptist
  10. preceptists
  11. preceptive

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preception (page history and authors); preception (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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