conceptualize

Word family (noun) concept conceptualization (adjective) conceptual (verb) conceptualize (adverb) conceptually

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishconceptualizecon‧cep‧tu‧al‧ize (also conceptualise British English) /kənˈseptʃuəlaɪz/ verb [intransitive, transitive] IDEAto form an idea How do older people conceptualize their health? —conceptualization /kənˌseptʃuəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -lə-/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb table Examples from the Corpusconceptualize• A second approach to conceptualizing a general education is in terms of the society or culture of which it is a part.• Piaget s system for conceptualizing intellectual development was greatly influenced by his early training and work as a biologist.• If you cant conceptualize a job in less than forty words, you won't be able to conceptualize the job clearly at all.• Thus, the child is conceptualized as a plant.• Implicitly it is conceptualized in terms of the personal behaviours which individuals indulge and which are well recognized as risk factors for various diseases.• This led him to conceptualize intellectual development in much the same way as biological development.• How do we as a nation conceptualize racial equality?• Increasingly, researchers have attempted to conceptualize speaker variables in such a way as to solve a widening range of substantive problems.• These three factors enable one to conceptualize the situation like this.

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