Dictionary.com
definitions

conceptualize

[kuh n-sep-choo-uh-lahyz]
verb (used with object), con·cep·tu·al·ized, con·cep·tu·al·iz·ing.
  1. to form into a concept; make a concept of.
verb (used without object), con·cep·tu·al·ized, con·cep·tu·al·iz·ing.
  1. to form a concept; think in concepts.
Also especially British, con·cep·tu·al·ise.

Origin of conceptualize

First recorded in 1875–80; conceptual + -ize
Related formscon·cep·tu·al·i·za·tion, nouncon·cep·tu·al·iz·er, nounre·con·cep·tu·al·i·za·tion, nounre·con·cep·tu·al·ize, verb (used with object), re·con·cep·tu·al·ized, re·con·cep·tu·al·iz·ing.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for conceptualise

Historical Examples of conceptualise

  • The IMF is too restricted in both its ability to operate and in its ability to conceptualise and to innovate.

    After the Rain

    Sam Vaknin

  • The IMF is too restricted both in its ability to operate and in its ability to conceptualise and to innovate.

    After the Rain

    Sam Vaknin

British Dictionary definitions for conceptualise

conceptualize

conceptualise

verb
  1. to form (a concept or concepts) out of observations, experience, data, etc
Derived Formsconceptualization or conceptualisation, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for conceptualise
v.

chiefly British English spelling of conceptualize; for suffix, see -ize. Related: Conceptualised; conceptualising.

conceptualize

v.

1892, from conceptual + -ize. Related: Conceptualized; conceptualizing.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper