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concepts

concepts is the plural of concept.

Meaning of concept

Noun

concept (plural concepts)

  1. An abstract and general idea; an abstraction.
  2. 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, Thomas Reid, Sir W. Hamilton, James Walker, “Essay IV. Of Conception”, in Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man
  3. (generic programming) A description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.

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Phrases with concepts

Questions about concepts

What is concepts the plural of?
Concepts is the plural of concept.

Words near concepts in the dictionary

  1. conceptiveness
  2. conceptless
  3. conceptlessness
  4. conceptor
  5. conceptors
  6. concepts
  7. conceptual
  8. conceptual analyses
  9. conceptual analysis
  10. conceptual art
  11. conceptual definition

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