- conceptualize
- conceptualize 1892, from CONCEPTUAL (Cf. conceptual) + -IZE (Cf. -ize). Related: Conceptualized; conceptualizing.
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conceptualize
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conceptualize — v. t. 1. to to form a concept of; as, He could not conceptualize a robot that would help paralyzed patients. Syn: conceive, conceive of, conceptualise, ideate. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
conceptualize — index conceive (comprehend), conjure Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
conceptualize — (Amer.) con cep·tu·al·ize || laɪz v. imagine, conceive, envision; ideate; explain observations with a concept (also conceptualise) … English contemporary dictionary
conceptualize — (also conceptualise) ► VERB ▪ form a concept of. DERIVATIVES conceptualization noun … English terms dictionary
conceptualize — [kən sep′cho͞o əlīz΄] vt. conceptualized, conceptualizing to form a concept or idea of; conceive conceptualization n … English World dictionary
conceptualize — [[t]kənse̱ptʃuəlaɪz[/t]] conceptualizes, conceptualizing, conceptualized VERB If you conceptualize something, you form an idea of it in your mind. [V n] How we conceptualize things has a lot to do with what we feel... [V n as n] It is nowadays… … English dictionary
conceptualize — UK [kənˈseptʃuəlaɪz] / US [kənˈseptʃuəˌlaɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms conceptualize : present tense I/you/we/they conceptualize he/she/it conceptualizes present participle conceptualizing past tense conceptualized past participle… … English dictionary
conceptualize — con|cep|tu|al|ize also conceptualise BrE [kənˈseptʃuəlaız] v [I and T] to form an idea ▪ How do older people conceptualize their health? >conceptualization [kənˌseptʃuəlaıˈzeıʃən US lə ] n [U and C] … Dictionary of contemporary English
conceptualize — also ise BrE verb (I, T) to form an idea: two schools of thought that conceptualize things differently … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
conceptualize — transitive verb ( ized; izing) Date: 1878 to form a concept of; especially to interpret conceptually • conceptualization noun • conceptualizer noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
