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conceptual

/kənˈsɛp.tjʊəl/US/kənˈsɛp.t͡ʃu.əl/

conceptual adjective: of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.

Adjective

conceptual (comparative more conceptual, superlative most conceptual)

  1. Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.
    • The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii
  2. Existing only in the imagination.
    • We defined a conceptual model before designing the real thing.
  3. Of or relating to conceptualism.

conceptual meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Tagalog and Indonesian

conceptual in Tamil

கருத்துரு, கருத்துவடிவ, கருத்தியல், எண்ணக் கருவுக்குரிய, பொதுக்கருத்து தொடர்பான

conceptual in Bengali

ধারণাসঙ্গত

conceptual in Tagalog

of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
dalumatin
of, or relating to conceptualism
dalumatin

conceptual in Indonesian

of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
konseptual
of, or relating to conceptualism
konseptual

Examples of conceptual in a sentence

  • View all notes has inspired conceptual tools such as whitewashing, purplewashing and greenwashing, among others.
  • A religious conceptual test for the miraculous is the thankability of God.
  • The conceptual framework I used for the study is that of serious and casual leisure.

All 40 example sentences with conceptual

Synonyms of conceptual

Forms of conceptual

comparativemore conceptual
superlativemost conceptual

Origin of conceptual

Borrowed from Medieval Latin conceptuālis, from Latin conceptus, perfect passive participle of concipiō (“take hold of; conceive”); see concept and -al.

Words formed from conceptual

Phrases with conceptual

Questions about conceptual

What does conceptual mean?
Conceptual means of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.
What is conceptual in Tamil?
Conceptual in Tamil is கருத்துரு, கருத்துவடிவ, கருத்தியல். See Conceptual meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is conceptual?
Conceptual is an adjective.
How do you pronounce conceptual?
Conceptual is pronounced /kənˈsɛp.tjʊəl/ (UK).

Words near conceptual in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: conceptual (page history and authors); conceptual (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conceptual (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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