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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•cept /ˈkɑnsɛpt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a general notion or idea;
conception:no concept of right or wrong.
See -cep-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•cept (kon′sept),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
v.t. - Informal Termsto develop a concept of;
conceive:Experts pooled their talents to concept the new car.
- Latin conceptum something conceived, origin, 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
- 1550–60
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: concept /ˈkɒnsɛpt/ n - an idea, esp an abstract idea: the concepts of biology
- a general idea or notion that corresponds to some class of entities and that consists of the characteristic or essential features of the class
- (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
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin conceptum something received or conceived, from concipere to take in, conceive |