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Concept

//ˈkɑn.sɛpt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An abstract and general idea; an abstraction.
  2. 2
    an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances wordnet
  3. 3
    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).

    "The words conception, concept, notion, should be limited to the thought of what can not be represented in the imagination; as, the thought suggested by a general term."

  4. 4
    A description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.
Verb
  1. 1
    To conceive; to dream up.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French concept, from Latin conceptus (“a thought, purpose, also a conceiving, etc.”), from concipiō (“to take in, conceive”). Doublet of conceit and concetto. See conceive.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French concept, from Latin conceptus (“a thought, purpose, also a conceiving, etc.”), from concipiō (“to take in, conceive”). Doublet of conceit and concetto. See conceive.

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