conceptualize
[kuh n-sep-choo-uh-lahyz]
- to form into a concept; make a concept of.
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- to form a concept; think in concepts.
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Also especially British, con·cep·tu·al·ise.
Origin of conceptualize
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Contemporary Examples
They offer crucial evidence that it is utterly impossible to conceptualize humanity without literature.
Health is simple to conceptualize—it is what we all hope to have and maintain.
BASTIANICH: Every accomplished home cook needs to be able to conceptualize and execute a complete dinner party.
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Historical Examples
Faculty are supported in their struggles to conceptualize nursing in a new way.
Nursing as CaringAnne Boykin
We must give serious thought to our obsession with invulnerability, easy to conceptualize and express in language.
The Civilization of IlliteracyMihai Nadin
Only in the sense of this power to transform and conceptualize, does the mind have knowledge within itself.
This approach permits us to conceptualize as well as contextualize the knowledge of nursing the story tells.
Nursing as CaringAnne Boykin
conceptualize
conceptualise
- to form (a concept or concepts) out of observations, experience, data, etc
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Word Origin and History for conceptualize
v.
1892, from conceptual + -ize. Related: Conceptualized; conceptualizing.
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