concept

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 See also 1.3.6 External links 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

< Latin conceptus (“‘a thought, purpose, also a conceiving, etc.’”) < concipere, pp. conceptus (“‘to take in, conceive’”); see conceive.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒn.sɛpt/ IPA: /"kQn.sEpt/

[edit] Noun

concept (plural concepts)

1. Something understood, and retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and/or 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).
   • 1855, Thomas Reid, Sir W. Hamilton, James Walker, “Essay IV. Of Conception”, in Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man^[1]:

     The words conception, concept, notion, should be limited to the thought of what can not be represented in the imagination; as, the thought suggested by a general term.

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

[edit] Synonyms

• conception
• notion

[edit] Derived terms

• concept map
• primitive concept
• proof of concept

[edit] Related terms

• conceive
• conceptionary
• conceptual
• misconceive
• misconception

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

essential fundamental idea

meaning pattern thought

[edit] External links

• concept in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• concept in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Concept on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Concept in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Noun

concept n. (plural concepten)

1. concept