verb
conceptualize
Conceptualize (verb) means to understand something by turning it into a general idea in your mind.
verb
1
To understand something by turning it into a general idea in your mind.
"Medicine today conceptualizes the heart as a machine."
— Sandeep Jauhar, Heart: a History (2018)
"Conceptualized as a neurological difference, autism is viewed as part of human diversity (Cherewick & Matergia, 2024; Taboas et al., 2023)."
— Carmit-Noa Shpigelman, “The System Sweeps it Under the Rug (2025)
2
To think up the basic idea for something.
"EconBiz was established as part of the Virtuelle Fachbibliotheken, a network of subject-related online portals conceptualized in the late 1990s and funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)."
— Emily Nickerson and Christian Schmidt, Database review: EconBiz (2023)
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What is the meaning of conceptualize?
"conceptualize" (verb) means to understand something by turning it into a general idea in your mind.
What is another word for conceptualize?
Other words for "conceptualize" include gestate, conceptualise, conceive.
What are the different meanings of conceptualize?
"conceptualize" has 2 main meanings: 1. To understand something by turning it into a general idea in your mind; 2. To think up the basic idea for something.
