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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kon-sept
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒn sɛpt

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Définition of concept

Origin :
  • 1550s, from Medieval Latin conceptum "draft, abstract," in classical Latin "(a thing) conceived," from concep-, past participle stem of concipere "to take in" (see conceive). In some 16c. cases a refashioning of conceit (perhaps to avoid negative connotations).
  • noun idea
Example sentences :
  • They will test our courage, our devotion to duty, and our concept of liberty.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • I felt this the more when to the concept of Infinitude I added that of Intelligence.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • He would rather live and die in fear than change this concept of God.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • A non-loving Universal Thought was too monstrous a concept to entertain.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • To attempt to eliminate fear and retain this concept of God is vain.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • He has succeeded in proving experimentally the concept of tensors.
  • Extract from : « The Einstein See-Saw » by Miles John Breuer
  • This concept is expressed in the girl scout's motto, “Be prepared.”
  • Extract from : « Educational Work of the Girl Scouts » by Louise Stevens Bryant
  • With that face among my memories, my concept of perfection was different than it had been.
  • Extract from : « The Ideal » by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum
  • Yet the core, or the vital, functioning part of a concept is its meaning.
  • Extract from : « The Mind and Its Education » by George Herbert Betts
  • Their minds had had no concept of such horror, such relentless, racking pain.
  • Extract from : « The Link » by Alan Edward Nourse

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