conceptual
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- adjective
- /kənˈsɛptʃuəl/
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conceptual
- The activity helps students develop both a conceptual and procedural understanding of mathematics.
- conceptual framework
- conceptual model
- conceptual understanding
You know, representation, picture thinking, which is not yet conceptual, right?
- You know, representation, picture thinking, which is not yet conceptual, right?
- So also this has all the conceptual difficulties we face today.
- So it's not purely conceptual or notional.
- And that grid cells map them in temporal space, conceptual space, social spaces.
- Meanwhile, the new the new conceptual feature is that of an array.
- And it's really important that we go beyond conceptual thinking, right?
- So conceptual writers tend to work outside in.
- How how do you organize at a kind of conceptual level the day and the week?
- You've given us so many actionable tools, new conceptual frameworks.
- And there doesn't seem to be any conceptual limits on how simple experience could be.
- So we've gone to this, not Pollyanna, but conceptual thinking.
- but from the point of view of the conceptual mind, it looks like
Examples
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All poetry is conceptual, but some is more conceptual than others.
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Costs rise for a variety of reasons, and there are essentially four conceptual approaches to constraining them.
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but from the point of view of the conceptual mind, it looks like
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And, you know, it's some kind of conceptual level we can think about.
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It's more like, well, getting your own conceptual house in order, right.
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And it's really important that we go beyond conceptual thinking, right?
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I think, in fact, they do conceptual analysis without using those very words.
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It's sort of a conceptual statement.
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You know, I'm hosting a small opening at OCAD tomorrow night -- some very interesting conceptual pieces.
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The teacher emphasized the importance of a conceptual understanding of scientific theories.
Synonyms
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Existing only in the mind and not real
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Relating to ideas or thoughts
About ideas or general plans rather than practical details
Compounds
How Conceptual
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Conceptual comes from the Latin conceptus, which means 'something conceived' and from the root -cept meaning 'to take'. You can see the same root in familiar words like accept and capture, so conceptual is about ideas we 'take in' or form in our minds.