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concept

[ kon-sept ]
/ ˈkɒn sɛpt /
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noun
a general notion or idea; conception.
an idea of something formed by mentally combining all its characteristics or particulars; a construct.
a directly conceived or intuited object of thought.
adjective
functioning as a prototype or model of new product or innovation: a concept car,a concept phone.
verb (used with object)
Informal. to develop a concept of; conceive: He concepted and produced three films.
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Origin of concept

1550–60; from Latin conceptum “something conceived,” originally neuter of conceptus (past participle of concipere ), equivalent to con- con- + cep- (variant stem of -cipere, combining form of capere “to seize”) + -tus past participle ending

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH concept

concept , conception
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British Dictionary definitions for concept

concept
/ (ˈkɒnsɛpt) /

noun
an idea, esp an abstract ideathe concepts of biology
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
philosophy
  1. the conjunction of all the characteristic features of something
  2. a theoretical construct within some theory
  3. a directly intuited object of thought
  4. the meaning of a predicate
(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

Word Origin for concept

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