conceptual

C2+ Topic:Mind & Cognition
US /kənˈsɛptʃuəl/ UK /kənˈsɛptʃuəl/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    relating to or based on mental concepts or abstract ideas

    The project is still at a conceptual stage, with no prototype yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · relating to or based on... abstractnotionaltheoreticalideationalintellectual
Word family
Forms conceptually
Derived forms conceptuallyconceptualismconceptualize

Etymology

From Medieval Latin conceptualis, from Latin conceptus ('a thought, notion'), past participle of concipere ('to take in, conceive'), from com- (intensive) + capere ('to take').

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