concept
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.sɛpt/
The English word “concept” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- An abstract and general idea; an abstraction.
- 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).
- A description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.
verb
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.
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