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general::
noun ADJ. basic, simple | broad, general, overall, wider ‘Mental handicap’ should be replaced with the broader concept of ‘learning difficulties’. | entire, whole The whole concept of responsibility was alien to him. | central, core, essential, fundamental, important, key | clear, precise | ambiguous, elusive, nebulous, vague The concept of ‘adequate medical care’ is too vague. | complex, difficult, sophisticated | abstract, intellectual, theoretical | alien, bizarre | underlying | useful | modern, new, novel | old-fashioned, traditional | business, design, economic, historical, legal, mathematical, political, psychological, religious, scientific VERB + CONCEPT have Teachers should have a clear concept of what a multiracial society is. | grasp, understand She finds it difficult to grasp abstract concepts. | define, formulate, frame the need to create new words to frame new concepts | introduce | develop PREP. ~ of He formulated the concept of imaginary time.
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general::
concept
adjectives
a new concept
• Part of a teacher’s job is to introduce new concepts to students.
a basic/fundamental concept
• The children are taught the basic concepts of mathematics.
a key/central/important concept
• The title tells you something about the central concept of the poem.
a difficult concept
• Difficult concepts can sometimes be explained by diagrams or graphs.
a simple concept
• Cause and effect is a fairly simple concept.
the whole concept of something
• Some people reject the whole concept of evolution.
a general/broad concept
• The book begins with some general historical concepts.
an abstract concept
(= based on general ideas rather than on something that exists )
• He finds it hard to grasp abstract concepts.
a theoretical concept
(= that exists only as a theory )
• The theoretical concepts of psychology, for example Freud’s ideas, are also useful in the study of literature.
a legal/mathematical/marketing etc concept
• Democracy is a very important political concept.
an alien concept
(= an idea that is very strange or that does not exist )
• In many countries, queuing for a bus is an alien concept.
an ambiguous/vague concept
(= one that is not clear or is hard to define )
• Creativity is an ambiguous concept.
verbs
have a concept of something
• Animals have no concept of their own mortality.
understand a concept
• The class will help you understand the basic concepts of physics.
grasp a concept
(= understand it )
• Children often grasp new concepts more quickly than adults.
introduce a concept
• The first year of the course introduces the basic concepts of management.
develop a concept
• The Greeks developed the concept of a scientific theory.
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