conceptualize

[kuhn-sep-choo-uh-lahyz] Example Sentences Origin

con·cep·tu·al·ize

[kuhn-sep-choo-uh-lahyz] verb, con·cep·tu·al·ized, con·cep·tu·al·iz·ing.
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.

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Conceptualize has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
Also, especially British, con·cep·tu·al·ise.


Origin:
1875–80; conceptual + -ize

con·cep·tu·al·i·za·tion, noun
con·cep·tu·al·iz·er, noun
re·con·cep·tu·al·i·za·tion, noun
re·con·cep·tu·al·ize, verb (used with object), re·con·cep·tu·al·ized, re·con·cep·tu·al·iz·ing.
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Example Sentences
  • People don't consciously conceptualize it this way, but when it is deconstructed, these are the issues at stake.
  • But lately some brain researchers have another way to conceptualize the divided self.
  • But calculating the rate this way is not so easy to conceptualize.
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conceptualize or conceptualise (kənˈsɛptjʊəˌlaɪz)
 
vb
to form (a concept or concepts) out of observations, experience, data, etc
 
conceptualise or conceptualise
 
vb
 
conceptuali'zation or conceptualise
 
n
 
conceptuali'sation or conceptualise
 
n

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Word Origin & History

conceptualize
1896 (implied in conceptualized), from conceptual. Related: Conceptualization (1909).
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