Concept

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A general idea derived or inferred from specific instances or occurrences.
  • n. Something formed in the mind; a thought or notion. See Synonyms at idea.
  • n. A scheme; a plan: "began searching for an agency to handle a new restaurant conceptā€ ( ADWEEK).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and/or 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).
  • n. In generic programming, a description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A general notion; the predicate of a (possible) judgment; a complex of characters; the immediate object of thought in simple apprehension. Conception is applied to both the act and the object in conceiving; concept is restricted to the object.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    idea    thought   
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    attribute    theory    division    rule    quantity    natural law    hypothesis    abstract    law    notion   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    notion    universal    ide    conception   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    theory    notion    aspect    method    analysis    doctrine    strategy    symbol    rule    phenomenon