concept

noun
/ˈkɒn.sɛpt/

An abstract and general idea; an abstraction.

Other meanings

Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and 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).
A description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.

Synonyms

notion
construct

Related words

conceptious
conceptless
conceptor
metaconcept
multiconcept
preconcept
pseudoconcept
puncept
subconcept
closed-concept
open-concept
concept of operations

Example sentences

“An idea is a concept.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“The concept of space tourism is becoming more realistic each year.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Latin "conceptus" (a thought, purpose, also a conceiving, etc.).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “concept” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.