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relating to or based on mental concepts or abstract ideas
The project is still at a conceptual stage, with no prototype yet.
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conceptually
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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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