CONCEPT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does concept mean? 

• CONCEPT (noun)
  The noun CONCEPT has 1 sense:

1. an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

  Familiarity information: CONCEPT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONCEPT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

concept; conception; construct

Hypernyms ("concept" is a kind of...):

idea; thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "concept"):

conceptualisation; conceptuality; conceptualization (an elaborated concept)

notion (a general inclusive concept)

category (a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme)

regulation; rule (a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior)

attribute; dimension; property (a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished)

abstract; abstraction (a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance)

quantity (the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable)

division; part; section (one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole)

whole (all of something including all its component elements or parts)

law; natural law (a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society)

law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)

lexicalized concept (a concept that is expressed by a word (in some particular language))

hypothesis; possibility; theory (a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena)

fact (a concept whose truth can be proved)

linguistic rule; rule ((linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice)

Derivation:

conceive (have the idea for)

conceptual (being or characterized by concepts or their formation)

conceptualise; conceptualize (have the idea for)

 Context examples 

The terminology that includes concepts relevant to the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard for the Exchange of Non-clinical Data (SEND) body systems.

(CDISC SEND Body System Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

A terminology set that includes concepts relevant to CDISC SEND biospecimens.

(CDISC SEND Biospecimens Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

The terminology that includes concepts relevant to the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Study Data Tabulation Model (SDTM) subject characteristics test names.

(CDISC SDTM Subject Characteristic Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

A terminology set that includes concepts contained in the CDISC laboratory test codelist.

(CDISC SDTM Laboratory Test Terminology by Code, NCI Thesaurus)

The concept does not refer to professionals primarily involved in technical support work concerned with operating medical machines or instruments as part of the examination or treatment of patients.

(Medical Technologist, NCI Thesaurus)

A terminology concept as represented in the NCI Enterprise Vocabulary Services' Metathesaurus.

(Meta Thesaurus Concept, NCI Thesaurus)

The concept also refers to the metric unit of mass density (volumic mass) defined as the density of a substance which mass equal to one gram occupies the volume of one cubic meter.

(Microgram per Milliliter, NCI Thesaurus)

The concept also refers to the unit of mass density (volumetric mass) defined as the density of a substance which mass equal to one microgram occupies the volume of one liter.

(Microgram per Liter, NCI Thesaurus)

The concept also refers to the unit of mass density (volumic mass) defined as the density of substance which mass equal to one microgram occupies the volume one deciliter.

(Microgram per Deciliter, NCI Thesaurus)

The terminology that includes concepts relevant to the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Study Data Tabulation Model (SDTM) general observation classes.

(CDISC SDTM General Observation Class Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)