conceptualize

English

Alternative forms

• conceptualise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

conceptual +‎ -ize

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.
   • 2018, Sandeep Jauhar, Heart: a History, →ISBN, page 150:

     Medicine today conceptualizes the heart as a machine.

2. To conceive the idea for something.

Translations

to interpret by forming a concept

• Catalan: conceptualitzar (ca)
• Irish: coincheap, coincheapaigh, samhlaigh (ga), teibigh

• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} conceitualizar, ^{(please verify)} conceptualizar
• Spanish: conceptualizar (es)

to conceive the idea for something

• Catalan: conceptualitzar (ca)

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• French: ^{(please verify)} conceptualiser (fr)