concept

Meaning

Noun

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. A description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.

Verb

to conceive; to dream up

Synonyms

idea

💡

notion

conception

thought

💭

view

opinion

sense

meaning

construct

belief

scheme

position

plan

understanding

perception

drawing

experience

faith

feeling

general idea

gimmick

ideology

intention

ism

issue

know

layout

meditation

philosophy

plat

plot

point

point of view

principle

project

prospectus

rough draft

senses

stance

supposition

term

thinking

🤔

train of thought

vagary

views

prevue

design

abstract notion

opinion, supposition

abstraction

Translations

concept

concetto

Begriff

concepto

conceito

concept

begrip

notion

idée

💡

Auffassung

Konzept

opvatting

έννοια

concepte

Idee

💡

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɒn.sɛpt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French concept, from Latin conceptus (“a thought, purpose, also a conceiving, etc.”), from concipiō (“to take in, conceive”). Doublet of conceit and concetto. See conceive.

Sentences

This confirmed the feasibility of the concept to Schneider .