concept

Significado (Inglês)

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

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkɒn.sɛpt/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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.