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CONCEPTUALIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they conceptualize ... he / she / it conceptualizes
Past simple: conceptualized
Past participle: conceptualized
-ing form: conceptualizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Have the idea for
Example:
This library was well conceived
Synonyms:
conceive; conceptualise; conceptualize; gestate
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "conceptualize" is one way to...):
create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "conceptualize"):
design (conceive or fashion in the mind; invent)
preconceive (conceive beforehand)
discover; find (make a discovery, make a new finding)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
Did he conceptualize his major works over a short period of time?
Derivation:
concept (an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances)
conceptual (being or characterized by concepts or their formation)
conceptualization (inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally)
conceptualization (an elaborated concept)
