Sekirov Dictionary

concept

UK /ˈkɒn.sɛpt/US /ˈkɑn.sɛpt/

noun 3
verb 1
forms 3

noun3

a general idea in the mind that stands for many things rather than for one real example
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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. — 1855
A description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.

verb1

To conceive; to dream up.

forms

concepted · concepting · concepts

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