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concept
[ kon-sept ]
noun
- a general notion or idea; conception.
- an idea of something formed by mentally combining all its characteristics or particulars; a construct.
- a directly conceived or intuited object of thought.
adjective
- functioning as a prototype or model of new product or innovation:
a concept car,
a concept phone.
verb (used with object)
- Informal. to develop a concept of; conceive:
He concepted and produced three films.
concept
/ ˈɒԲɛ /
noun
- an idea, esp an abstract idea
the concepts of biology
- philosophy a general idea or notion that corresponds to some class of entities and that consists of the characteristic or essential features of the class
- philosophy
- the conjunction of all the characteristic features of something
- a theoretical construct within some theory
- a directly intuited object of thought
- the meaning of a predicate
- modifier (of a product, esp a car) created as an exercise to demonstrate the technical skills and imagination of the designers, and not intended for mass production or sale
Word History and Origins
Origin of concept1
Word History and Origins
Origin of concept1
Example Sentences
With some exceptions in the field of consumer-choice theory, modern economic theory is grounded in the concept of markets driven by rational actors.
There are brain cells that represent entire concepts, some with an affinity for visual information and others for olfactory input.
We gave as much justice as the whole concept could take without breaking it.
“Something can sound really nice as a concept, but if it doesn’t actually do what it was aiming to do, then people should reevaluate it,” she said.
As far as Francis was concerned, “the principle of the maximization of profits, frequently isolated from other considerations, reflects a misunderstanding of the very concept of the economy.”
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