conceptualize en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Archaic Latin kapiō Latin capiō ▲ Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)calq. Latin concipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin conceptus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin conceptuālisbor. English conceptual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English conceptualize From conceptual + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To interpret a phenomenon by forming a concept.
Conceptualized as a neurological difference, autism is viewed as part of human diversity (Cherewick & Matergia, 2024; Taboas et al., 2023).
2025 May 14, Carmit-Noa Shpigelman, Gal Hodara Hassan, ““The System Sweeps it Under the Rug”: Educational Staff’s Perspectives on Romantic Relationships Among Autistic Adolescents”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, →DOI:Medicine today conceptualizes the heart as a machine.
2018, Sandeep Jauhar, Heart: a History, →ISBN, page 150:
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(transitive) To conceive the 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).
2023, Emily Nickerson and Christian Schmidt, “Database review: EconBiz”, in Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship, volume 28, number 4, page 303:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| conceptualise | UK, alternative | lexicographic | |
| conceptualizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| conceptualized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| conceptualized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| conceptualizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
conceptualizer · conceptualization · deconceptualize · nonconceptualized · conceptualizable · reconceptualize · misconceptualized · misconceptualize · unconceptualized
Translations (22)
tr kavramsallaştırmak (to conceive the idea for something) · pl skonceptualizować (to interpret by forming a concept) · fi muodostaa käsite (to interpret by forming a concept) · fi hahmotella (to conceive the idea for something) · ga teibigh (to interpret by forming a concept) · tr kavramsallaştırmak (to interpret by forming a concept) · ga coincheapaigh (to interpret by forming a concept) · ar تَصَوَّرَ (to conceive the idea for something) · fr conceptualiser (to interpret by forming a concept) · ca conceptualitzar (to conceive the idea for something) · ga samhlaigh (to interpret by forming a concept) · it concettualizzare (to conceive the idea for something) · fi hahmottaa (to conceive the idea for something) · it concepire (to interpret by forming a concept) · pl konceptualizować (to interpret by forming a concept) · fi käsitteellistää (to interpret by forming a concept) · cmn 概念化 (to interpret by forming a concept) · eo koncepti (to conceive the idea for something) · ga coincheap (to interpret by forming a concept) · nl conceptualiseren (to interpret by forming a concept) · ca conceptualitzar (to interpret by forming a concept) · es conceptualizar (to interpret by forming a concept)