conception is often interchangeable with concept; it may stress the process of imagining or formulating rather than the result.

A concept is merely a symbol, a representation of the abstraction. The word is not to be mistaken for the thing. For example, the word "moon" (a concept) is not the large, bright, shape …

CONCEPT definition: a general notion or idea; conception. See examples of concept used in a sentence.

A concept is a thought or idea. If you're redecorating your bedroom, you might want to start with a concept, such as "flower garden" or "outer space."

(Definition of concept from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

1. A general idea or understanding of something: the concept of inertia; the concept of free will. See Synonyms at idea. 2. A plan or original idea: The original concept was for a building with …

Concept, in the Analytic school of philosophy, the subject matter of philosophy, which philosophers of the Analytic school hold to be concerned with the salient features of the …