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noun

concept

CEFR B1

an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

In a sentence

Six example sentences with concept, each labelled with its topic.

  • The whole museum grew from a single concept: a street that folds upward until it becomes a roof.

    Architecture

  • Hume doubted whether the concept of cause could ever be found in the events themselves rather than in our habits.

    Philosophy

  • Investors liked the concept but wanted to see two paying customers before they would fund a single engineer.

    Startups

  • Children grasp the concept of fairness by around age five, having seen enough unequal sharing to know when a split feels wrong.

    Psychology

  • Opportunity cost is the concept that took longest to click: every hour spent on one job is an hour taken from another.

    Economics

  • The concept of energy was pieced together from steam engines, falling weights, and warm water long before anyone could define it.

    Science

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