conceptual

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kənˈsɛptjʊəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kənˈsɛptʃuəl/, [kʰənˈsɛpt͡ʃul̩]

conceptual (comparative more conceptual, superlative most conceptual)

1. Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination.

   We defined a conceptual model before designing the real thing.

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:

     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.

2. Of or relating to conceptualism.

• concept
• conceptualism

• German: konzeptuell

• conceptual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• conceptual in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kon.səp.tuˈal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kun.səp.tuˈal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kon.sep.tuˈal/

conceptual (masculine and feminine plural conceptuals)

1. conceptual

• conceptualisme
• conceptualista
• conceptualitzar

• concepte

• “conceptual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /konθebˈtwal/, [kõn̟θeβˈt̪wal]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /konsebˈtwal/, [kõnseβˈt̪wal]

conceptual (plural conceptuales)

1. conceptual

• conceptualismo
• conceptualista
• conceptualizar

• concepto

• “conceptual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.