concept

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French concept, from Latin conceptus (“a thought, purpose, also a conceiving, etc.”), from concipiō (“to take in, conceive”). Doublet of conceit and concetto. See conceive.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒn.sɛpt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑn.sɛpt/

Noun

concept (plural concepts)

1. An abstract and general idea; an abstraction.
2. Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).
3. (generic programming) A description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.

Synonyms

• conception
• notion
• abstraction

Hyponyms

• conceptualization, conceptualisation, conceptuality
• notion
• scheme
• rule, regulation
• property, attribute, dimension
• abstraction, abstract
• quantity
• part, section, division
• whole
• law, natural law, law of nature
• hypothesis
• possibility
• theory
• fact
• rule

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Verb

concept (third-person singular simple present concepts, present participle concepting, simple past and past participle concepted)

1. to conceive; to dream up

Further reading

• “concept”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “concept”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• concept on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Concept in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French concept, from Latin conceptus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔnˈsɛpt/
• Hyphenation: con‧cept

Noun

concept n (plural concepten, diminutive conceptje n)

1. concept
2. draft, sketch

Derived terms

• conceptversie

Descendants

• Afrikaans: konsep
• → Indonesian: konsep
• → Papiamentu: kònsèpt

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conceptus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sɛpt/
• Rhymes: -ɛpt
• Homophone: concepts

Noun

concept m (plural concepts)

1. concept

   Synonyms: connaissance, idée, notion

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Further reading

• “concept”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French concept, Latin conceptus.

Noun

concept n (plural concepte)

1. concept

Declension

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