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English Dictionary: concept by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
concept
n
  1. an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
    Synonym(s): concept, conception, construct
    Antonym(s): misconception
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Concept \Con"cept\, n. [L. conceptus (cf. neut. conceptum
      fetus), p. p. of concipere to conceive: cf. F. concept. See
      {Conceit}.]
      An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.
  
               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.                                          --Sir W.
                                                                              Hamilton.
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