concept

B1 Topic:Philosophy & Reasoning

US /ˈkɑn.sɛpt/ UK /ˈkɒn.sɛpt/ See IPA manual

Freq #4015

Meanings

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noun
an abstract idea or general notion

Young children find the concept of time hard to grasp.

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Synonyms

1 noun · an abstract idea or general... conception idea notion

More abstraction

Word family

Forms concepts

Derived forms closed-conceptconceptiousconceptlessconceptorhigh-conceptmacroconceptmetaconceptmicroconceptmulticonceptopen-conceptpreconceptproof-of-concept

Related forms conceive conceptionalconceptiveconceptual essential fundamental idea meaning misconceive misconception pattern thought

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abstract concept
an idea about a quality or relationship rather than a physical object

Adjective + noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)calq. Latin concipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin conceptusder. Middle French conceptbor. English concept 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. S…

concept Middle French conceptus Latin

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Philosophy & Reasoning Abstract Ideas

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# concept

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkɑn.sɛpt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkɒn.sɛpt/
**Frequency rank:** 4015

## Meanings
1. an abstract idea or general notion

## Examples
- Young children find the concept of time hard to grasp.

## Synonyms
- abstraction
- conception
- notion

## Derived Forms
- closed-concept
- conceptious
- conceptless
- conceptor
- high-concept
- macroconcept
- metaconcept
- microconcept
- multiconcept
- open-concept
- preconcept
- proof-of-concept

## Related Forms
- conceive
- conceptional
- conceptive
- conceptual
- essential
- fundamental
- idea
- meaning
- misconceive
- misconception
- pattern
- thought

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: concept
- Root: conceptus

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)calq. Latin concipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin conceptusder. Middle French conceptbor. English concept 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. S…

## AI Etymology
concept is a noun and verb. It was 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. Historical forms in the chain include concept (Middle French) and conceptus (Latin). Current senses include an abstract idea or general notion. Derived forms include closed-concept, conceptious, conceptless, conceptor, and high-concept. Related words include conceive, conceptional, conceptive, and conceptual.

## Topics
- Philosophy & Reasoning
- Abstract Ideas

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