noun · academic
concept
UK/ˈkɒnsept/US/ˈkɑːnsept/CON·cept
Band 5-6task2speakingtask1
an abstract idea or general notion that explains something
Examples
“The concept of sustainability is central to this study.”
“She explained the concept in simple terms for the audience.”
“Students often struggle with abstract concepts in economics.”
Band 8 sentence
“The study develops the concept of social capital to explain community resilience in urban neighbourhoods.”
Collocations
- key concept
- introduce a concept
- concept of sustainability
Word family
conceptual adjectiveconception nounconceptualize verb
Common mistakes
many concept→many concepts
the concept about→the concept of
Say it for a higher band
5idea→6notion→7+concept
Synonyms
idea
notion
Easily confused
idea
“She had an idea for a new app.”
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