käsite — meaning in English

English meaning

• abstract noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
• concept noun A general idea or notion formed in the mind, especially an abstract one.
• notion noun An idea, belief, or understanding about something.

Senses

käsite is used for these senses in English:

• abstract An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
• concept Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).
• notion Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.

abstract — full definition

1. noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
2. adj Existing as an idea rather than a physical, concrete thing.
3. adj Relating to art that uses shapes, colours, and forms rather than realistic depictions.
4. verb To take out or separate a general idea or quality from something specific.

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