conceptualize
verb
con·cep·tu·al·ize
kən-ˈsep-chə-wə-ˌlīz 
-chü-ə-,
-chə-ˌlīz,
-shwə-ˌlīz
conceptualized; conceptualizing
: to form a concept of
conceptualize a new car design
especially
: to interpret conceptually
conceptualizing reality
Examples of conceptualize in a Sentence
She described her plans to me, but I found them hard to conceptualize.
He conceptualizes the family as an economic unit.
A programmer needs to analyze and conceptualize in order to solve problems.
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Related Articles Readers of the book will find a blueprint of 12 of the collective’s projects that highlights how they were conceptualized and executed.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 28 Feb. 2025
Before McDonough joined, the idea of promotion and relegation was more of an idea than something that was meticulously conceptualized.
—Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Its generative AI reasons and, the company claims, can come up with problems human minds couldn’t conceptualize.
—Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
To help people conceptualize it during the press conference, Aart Heijboer, a physicist at the Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics in the Netherlands and a co-author of the new research, offered the image of a Ping-Pong ball dropping about one meter in Earth’s gravity.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2025
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Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 28 Feb. 2025
Before McDonough joined, the idea of promotion and relegation was more of an idea than something that was meticulously conceptualized.
—Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Its generative AI reasons and, the company claims, can come up with problems human minds couldn’t conceptualize.
—Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
To help people conceptualize it during the press conference, Aart Heijboer, a physicist at the Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics in the Netherlands and a co-author of the new research, offered the image of a Ping-Pong ball dropping about one meter in Earth’s gravity.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Conceptualize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conceptualize. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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