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con⋅cep⋅tu⋅al⋅ize

  [kuhn-sep-choo-uh-lahyz] verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
Use conceptualize in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to form into a concept; make a concept of.
–verb (used without object)
2. to form a concept; think in concepts.
Also, especially British, con⋅cep⋅tu⋅al⋅ise.

Origin:
1875–80; conceptual + -ize

Related forms:
con⋅cep⋅tu⋅al⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
con⋅cep⋅tu⋅al⋅iz⋅er, noun
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con·cep·tu·al·ize   (kən-sěp'chōō-ə-līz')   
v.   con·cep·tu·al·ized, con·cep·tu·al·iz·ing, con·cep·tu·al·iz·es

v.   tr.
To form a concept or concepts of, and especially to interpret in a conceptual way: "Efforts to conceptualize the history and structure of the universe were already running into trouble because . . . the universe was not as uniform as had been assumed" (John Noble Wilford).
v.   intr.
To form concepts.
con·cep'tu·al·i·za'tion (-sěp'chōō-ə-lĭ-zā'shən) n., con·cep'tu·al·iz'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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