"conceptualize" meaning in English

See conceptualize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: conceptualizes [present, singular, third-person], conceptualizing [participle, present], conceptualized [participle, past], conceptualized [past]
Etymology: From conceptual + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|conceptual|ize}} conceptual + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} conceptualize (third-person singular simple present conceptualizes, present participle conceptualizing, simple past and past participle conceptualized)
  1. To interpret a phenomenon by forming a concept. Translations (to interpret by forming a concept): conceptualitzar (Catalan), 概念化 (gàiniànhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), conceptualiseren (Dutch), käsitteellistää (Finnish), muodostaa käsite (Finnish), conceptualiser (French), coincheap (Irish), coincheapaigh (Irish), samhlaigh (Irish), teibigh (Irish), concepire (Italian), konceptualizować (Polish), conceptualizar (Spanish), kavramsallaştırmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-conceptualize-en-verb-1QZmvca2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 66 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of 'to interpret by forming a concept': 92 8
  2. To conceive the idea for something. Translations (to conceive the idea for something): conceptualitzar (Catalan), hahmotella (Finnish), hahmottaa (Finnish), concettualizzare (Italian), kavramsallaştırmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-conceptualize-en-verb-hZOfgaAo Disambiguation of 'to conceive the idea for something': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: conceptualise (english: non-Oxford British spelling) Derived forms: conceptualizable, conceptualization, conceptualizer, deconceptualize, misconceptualize, misconceptualized, nonconceptualized, reconceptualize, unconceptualized

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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