conceptional

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /kənˈsɛpʃənəl/ UK /kənˈsepʃənəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
relating to a concept or to conception

The disagreement was conceptional rather than practical.

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Synonyms

1 adj · relating to a concept or to... conceptual notional abstractideational

Opposites

concrete actual

Word family

Derived forms conceptionally

Related forms conception conceive concept

Etymology

From conception + -al. Conception derives from Latin conceptionem, from concipere ('to take in, conceive'), from com- (intensive) + capere ('to take').

conceptio Latin capere Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# conceptional

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /kənˈsɛpʃənəl/
**IPA (UK):** /kənˈsepʃənəl/

## Meanings
1. relating to a concept or to conception

## Examples
- The disagreement was conceptional rather than practical.

## Synonyms
- conceptual
- notional
- abstract
- ideational

## Antonyms
- concrete
- actual

## Derived Forms
- conceptionally

## Related Forms
- conception
- conceive
- concept

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: conceptio
- Root: capere

## Etymology
From conception + -al. Conception derives from Latin conceptionem, from concipere ('to take in, conceive'), from com- (intensive) + capere ('to take').

## AI Etymology
Conceptional comes from conception + -al. Conception derives from Latin conceptionem, from concipere ('to take in, conceive'), from com- (intensive) + capere ('to take'). The historical trail runs through conceptio in Latin and capere in Latin. Morphologically, conceptional is transparent: it draws on conception + -al. Used as an adjective, conceptional now means "relating to a concept or to conception", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as conceptionally and related forms such as conception, conceive, and concept. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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