Concept

Noun

 * 1) An understanding 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).
 * 2)  In generic programming, a description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.

Adjectives for Concept
cynical; ethereal; social; major; permanent; simple; beneficent; fundamental; negative; petty;  platonic;   economic;   emotional; rational; mystical; anthropopsychic; consonant; abstract; steady; liberal; heroic; ridiculous; idiotic.

Verbs for Concept
accept—; build up—; discard—; express— form—; guard—; hallow—; idealize— join in—; lose—; master—; produce— reshape—; reverence—; symbolize—; —develops; —disappears; —fades; —grows.

Synonyms for Concept
conception; notion

Hyponyms

 * conceptualization, conceptualisation, conceptuality
 * notion
 * scheme
 * rule, regulation
 * property, attribute, dimension
 * abstraction, abstract
 * quantity
 * part, section, division
 * whole
 * law, natural law, law of nature
 * hypothesis
 * possibility
 * theory
 * fact
 * rule

Derived terms

 * concept map
 * primitive concept
 * proof of concept

Related terms

 * conceive
 * conceptionary
 * conceptual
 * misconceive
 * misconception

Thesaurus
conception, conceptualization, conclusion, consensus gentium, consideration, eidetic image, envisaging, envisioning, estimate, estimation, ethos, eye, fancy, feeling, general belief, idea, image, imagery, imagery study, imaging, imagism, imagistic poetry, imago, impression, intellection, intellectual object, judgment, lifelike image, lights, memory-trace, mental image, mental impression, mental picture, mental representation, mind, mystique, notion, objectification, observation, opinion, perception, personal judgment, picture, picturing, poetic imagery, point of view, popular belief, position, posture, presumption, prevailing belief, public belief, public opinion, reaction, recept, reflection, representation, sentiment, sight, stance, supposition, theory, thinking, thought, view, vision, visual image, visualization, way of thinking, word-painting

Etymology
< conceptus: < concipere:, present active infinitive of concipio:; see conceive.

Translations

 * Arabic: مفهوم
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: понятие,
 * Catalan: concepte
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 概念, 觀念, 观念
 * Czech:
 * Danish: begreb,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, notion
 * German: ,
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hebrew: מושג
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: hugtak
 * Ido:


 * Interlingua: concepto
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 概念, 観念
 * Korean: 개념 (概念), 관념 (觀念)
 * Kurdish:
 * Norwegian: begrep, omgrep
 * Persian: مفهوم
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: concept
 * Russian:, понятие, представление
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik:
 * Telugu: భావన (bhaavana)
 * Vietnamese: khái niệm (概念), quan niệm (觀念)
 * Welsh:

Noun

 * 1) concept
 * 2) draft, sketch

Synonyms

 * connaissance
 * idée
 * notion

Related terms

 * concepteur
 * conception
 * conceptualiser
 * conceptualisation
 * conceptuel
 * conceptuellement
 * concevoir

Etymology
concipere:

Noun

 * 1) concept

Related terms

 * concepe
 * concepere
 * conceptibil
 * conceptibilitate
 * conceptism
 * conceptual
 * conceptualism
 * conceptualist
 * conceptualiza
 * conceptualizat (past participle of conceptualiza)
 * conceptualizare
 * concepție
 * concepțional