to conceive; to dream up
An abstract and general idea; an abstraction.
A description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.
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).
To anticipate; expect.
To forecast.
To guess beforehand.
To conjecture; assume.
A conjecture; an assumption.