concept

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French concept, from Latin conceptus, from concipiō ("to take in, conceive").

Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈkɒn.sɛpt/
• (America) IPA: /ˈkɑn.sɛpt/

Noun

concept (plural concepts)

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. (generic programming) A description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.

Synonyms

• conception
• notion
• abstraction

Related terms

• conceive
• conceptional
• conceptive
• conceptual
• misconceive
• misconception

Translations

• French: concept, notion
• German: Begriff, Konzept
• Italian: concetto, ipotesi
• Portuguese: conceito
• Russian: конце́пция
• Spanish: concepto

Verb

concept (concepts, present participle concepting; simple past and past participle concepted)

1. to conceive; to dream up

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