CONCEPTUALIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they conceptualize ... he / she / it conceptualizes

Past simple: conceptualized

Past participle: conceptualized

-ing form: conceptualizing

Meaning:

Have the idea for

Example:

This library was well conceived

Synonyms:

conceive; conceptualise; conceptualize; gestate

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "conceptualize" is one way to...):

create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "conceptualize"):

design (conceive or fashion in the mind; invent)

preconceive (conceive beforehand)

discover; find (make a discovery, make a new finding)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

Did he conceptualize his major works over a short period of time?

Derivation:

concept (an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances)

conceptual (being or characterized by concepts or their formation)

conceptualization (inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally)

conceptualization (an elaborated concept)