English Explanatory Dictionary

concept

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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. A description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.
verb
  1. To conceive; to dream up.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒn.sɛpt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-concept.wav /ˈkɑn.sɛpt/

Word forms

concept concepts concepting concepted

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)calq. Latin concipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin conceptusder. Middle French conceptbor. English concept 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.

Synonyms

conception notion abstraction

Related words

conceive conceptional conceptive conceptual misconceive misconception essential fundamental idea meaning pattern thought

Derived words

closed-concept concept album concept art concept artist concept car concept drift conceptious conceptless concept map concept of operations conceptor concept video gap concept high concept high-concept macroconcept metaconcept microconcept multiconcept open-concept operating concept preconcept primitive concept proof of concept proof-of-concept pseudoconcept puncept self-concept subconcept
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