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concetto — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • conceit noun An excessively high opinion of oneself; vanity.
  • concept noun A general idea or notion formed in the mind, especially an abstract one.
  • conception noun The moment an egg is fertilized, marking the start of a pregnancy.
  • construct verb To build something by putting parts together.
  • idea noun A thought, plan, or mental impression formed in the mind.
  • notion noun An idea, belief, or understanding about something.
  • opinion noun A belief or judgment that someone holds about a subject, not necessarily based on proven fact.

Senses

concetto is used for these senses in English:

  • conceit (countable, rhetoric, literature) An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device. [from 16th c.]
  • 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).
  • conception The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
  • construct A concept or model.
  • idea (philosophy) An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples. [from 14th c.]
  • notion Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
  • opinion A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.

conceit — full definition

  1. noun An excessively high opinion of oneself; vanity.
  2. noun A clever or fanciful idea, especially one used as a literary device.

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