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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
con·cept       [kon-sept] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a general notion or idea; conception.
2.an idea of something formed by mentally combining all its characteristics or particulars; a construct.
3.a directly conceived or intuited object of thought.
–verb (used with object)
4.Informal. to develop a concept of; conceive: Experts pooled their talents to concept the new car.
[Origin: 1550–60; < L conceptum something conceived, orig. neut. of conceptus (ptp. of concipere), equiv. to con- con- + cep- (var. s. of -cipere, comb. form of capere to seize) + -tus ptp. ending]
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con·cept       (kŏn'sěpt')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A general idea derived or inferred from specific instances or occurrences.
  2. Something formed in the mind; a thought or notion. See Synonyms at idea.
  3. A scheme; a plan: "began searching for an agency to handle a new restaurant concept" (ADWEEK).


[Late Latin conceptus, from Latin, past participle of concipere, to conceive; see conceive.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
concept 
1556, from M.L. conceptum "draft, abstract," in L. "(a thing) conceived," from pp. of concipere "to take in" (see conceive). In some 16c. cases a refashioning of conceit (perhaps to avoid negative connotations); conception in the womb sense was c.1300.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
concept

noun
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances [ant: misconception] 

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concept con·cept (kŏn'sěpt')
n.

  1. An abstract idea or notion.
  2. An explanatory principle in a scientific system. Also called conception.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Concept

Con"cept\, n. [L. conceptus (cf. neut. conceptum fetus), p. p. of concipere to conceive: cf. F. concept. See Conceit.] An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.

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. --Sir W. Hamilton.

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