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Definition of “conceptual”

conceptual (kənˈsɛptjʊəl Pronunciation for conceptual

Definitions

adjective

  1. relating to or concerned with concepts; abstract
  2. concerned with the definitions or relations of the concepts of some field of enquiry rather than with the facts

Derived Forms

conˈceptually adverb

Translations for 'conceptual'

  • British English: conceptual Conceptual means related to ideas and concepts formed in the mind. ADJECTIVE...replacing old laws with new within the same conceptual framework.
  • Brazilian Portuguese: conceitual
  • Chinese: 概念的
  • European Spanish: conceptual
  • French: conceptuel conceptuelle
  • German: begrifflich
  • Italian: concettuale
  • Japanese: 概念上の
  • Korean: 개념의
  • Portuguese: conceptual
  • Spanish: conceptual

Example Sentences Including 'conceptual'

Borrowed Time is Turner's Rain, Steam and Speed - without the wet bit - for a conceptual age.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
He also picked up the idea of `no' -- a conceptual breakthrough.
Tony Juniper SPIX'S MACAW: The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird (2002)
He learned to analyse belief systems and to design specific word keys that would free his listeners from their conceptual prisons.
Zindell, David The Broken God
It was a brilliant gimmick, and it showed off the kind of conceptual thinking we were capable of.
Stuart Harrison BETTER THAN THIS (2002)
It's such a conceptual cock-up, it begs to be parodied itself.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
Parsons said text 3 was too " conceptual " and would be more suited to the higher-level paper.
Irish Times (2002)
The lab's mission is to create conceptual products to "show... clients what the future will be.
Globe and Mail (2003)
These authors propose that Freud's `discoveries have many conceptual parallels to Einstein's theory of relativity.
Van de Castle, Robert L. Our Dreaming Mind
William Dembski is "associate research professor in the conceptual foundations of science" at the Baptist Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
New Scientist (2004)

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