English Explanatory Dictionary

conceptual

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.
Existing only in the imagination.
Of or relating to conceptualism.

Pronunciation

/kənˈsɛp.tjʊəl/ /kənˈsɛp.t͡ʃʊəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-conceptual.wav /kənˈsɛp.t͡ʃu.əl/ /kənˈsep.t͡ʃʉ.əl/

Word forms

conceptual more conceptual most conceptual

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 conceptus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin conceptuālisbor. English conceptual Borrowed from Medieval Latin conceptuālis, from Latin conceptus, perfect passive participle of concipiō (“take hold of; conceive”); see concept and -al.

Synonyms

Related words

concept conceptualism

Derived words

aconceptual anticonceptual biconceptual conceptual analysis conceptual art conceptual definition conceptual engineering conceptual fallacy conceptual graph conceptual inverse conceptualism conceptualist conceptuality conceptualization conceptualize conceptually conceptual metaphor conceptual network conceptual physics conceptual schema metaconceptual multiconceptual neoconceptual nonconceptual periconceptual photoconceptual postconceptual preconceptual subconceptual uniconceptual

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