concept

[ kon-sept ]
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noun
  1. a general notion or idea; conception.

  2. an idea of something formed by mentally combining all its characteristics or particulars; a construct.

  1. a directly conceived or intuited object of thought.

adjective
  1. functioning as a prototype or model of new product or innovation: a concept car,a concept phone.

verb (used with object)
  1. Informal. to develop a concept of; conceive: He concepted and produced three films.

Origin of concept

1
First recorded in 1550–60; from Latin conceptum “something conceived,” originally neuter of conceptus “conceived,” past participle of concipere “to conceive,” equivalent to con- con- + -cipere, combining form of capere “to seize”

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British Dictionary definitions for concept

concept

/ (ˈkɒnsɛpt) /


noun
  1. an idea, esp an abstract idea: the concepts of biology

  2. philosophy a general idea or notion that corresponds to some class of entities and that consists of the characteristic or essential features of the class

  1. philosophy

    • the conjunction of all the characteristic features of something

    • a theoretical construct within some theory

    • a directly intuited object of thought

    • the meaning of a predicate

  2. (modifier) (of a product, esp a car) created as an exercise to demonstrate the technical skills and imagination of the designers, and not intended for mass production or sale

Origin of concept

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C16: from Latin conceptum something received or conceived, from concipere to take in, conceive

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