conceptual

[ kuhn-sep-choo-uhl ]
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adjective
  1. pertaining to concepts or to the forming of concepts.

Origin of conceptual

1
First recorded in 1655–65; Medieval Latin conceptuālis; see conceptus, -al1

Other words from conceptual

  • con·cep·tu·al·i·ty [kuhn-sep-choo-al-i-tee], /kənˌsɛp tʃuˈæl ɪ ti/, noun
  • con·cep·tu·al·ly, adverb
  • non·con·cep·tu·al, adjective
  • post·con·cep·tu·al, adjective
  • un·con·cep·tu·al, adjective

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How to use conceptual in a sentence

  • Among the conceptual terms in the Aristotelian logic few play a more important part than those of substance and accident.

  • Is it not as arbitrarily lifted out of the living sentence as is the minimum conceptual element out of the word?

    Language | Edward Sapir
  • Were a language ever completely “grammatical,” it would be a perfect engine of conceptual expression.

    Language | Edward Sapir
  • The word sing cannot, as a matter of fact, be freely used to refer to its own conceptual content.

    Language | Edward Sapir
  • Both the phonetic and conceptual structures show the instinctive feeling of language for form.

    Language | Edward Sapir

British Dictionary definitions for conceptual

conceptual

/ (kənˈsɛptjʊəl) /


adjective
  1. relating to or concerned with concepts; abstract

  2. concerned with the definitions or relations of the concepts of some field of enquiry rather than with the facts

Derived forms of conceptual

  • conceptually, adverb

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