Complete Definition of "concept"

English

Etymology
From L. conceptus "a conception"

Noun
en-noun

  1. Something understood, and retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and/or 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).

Related terms
top2
conceive
conception
conceptionary
mid2
conceptual
misconceive
misconception
bottom2

Translations
trans-top|Something understood and retained in the mind
Chinese: �念
Dutch: opvatting, begrip
Finnish: käsite, konsepti
French: concept m
German: Konzept n
Hebrew: ��ש� (musag) m
Interlingua: concepto
trans-mid
Italian: concetto m
Japanese: �念 (gainen)
Kurdish: KUchar|�������
Portuguese: conceito m
Spanish: concepto m
Swedish: koncept
Welsh: syniad m
trans-bottom

See also
essential
fundamental
idea
notion
pattern
thought

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