"concretize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: concretizes [present, singular, third-person], concretizing [participle, present], concretized [participle, past], concretized [past]
Etymology: concrete + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|concrete|ize}} concrete + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} concretize (third-person singular simple present concretizes, present participle concretizing, simple past and past participle concretized)
  1. (transitive) To make concrete, substantial, real, or tangible; to represent or embody a concept through a particular instance or example. Tags: transitive Translations (to make substantial, real, or tangible): канкрэтызава́ць (kankretyzavácʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Belarusian), конкретизирам (konkretiziram) (Bulgarian), konkretisere (Danish), concretiseren (Dutch), konkretiseerima (Estonian), concrétiser (French), konkretisieren (German), konkretizál (Hungarian), concretizzare (Italian), konkretizēt (Latvian), konkretyzować [imperfective] (Polish), skonkretyzować [perfective] (Polish), concretizar (Portuguese), concretiza (Romanian), конкретизи́ровать (konkretizírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), конкретизи́ровать (konkretizírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), concretizar (Spanish), konkretisera (Swedish), конкретизува́ти (konkretyzuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-concretize-en-verb-kbCd4QAB Disambiguation of 'to make substantial, real, or tangible': 91 9
  2. (intransitive) To be embodied, to have physical representation. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-concretize-en-verb-y34UIdBj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: concretise Related terms: concretization, concretisation

Verb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} concretize
  1. inflection of concretizar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: concretizar
    Sense id: en-concretize-pt-verb-UPXPoKNC Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. inflection of concretizar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: concretizar
    Sense id: en-concretize-pt-verb-4A0J9p0a

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