conceptualise
/kənˈsɛp.tj(uː.)ə.laɪz/US/kənˈsɛp.tj(u.)əˌlaɪz/
conceptualise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of conceptualize.
Meaning of conceptualize
Verb
conceptualize (third-person singular simple present conceptualizes, present participle conceptualizing, simple past and past participle conceptualized)
- To interpret a phenomenon by forming a concept.
- Medicine today conceptualizes the heart as a machine.2018, Sandeep Jauhar, Heart: a History, →ISBN, page 150
- 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 of conceptualise
| third-person singular present | conceptualises |
|---|---|
| present participle | conceptualising |
| past participle | conceptualised |
| past | conceptualised |
Words formed from conceptualise
Questions about conceptualise
- What is conceptualise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
- Conceptualise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of conceptualize.
- How do you pronounce conceptualise?
- Conceptualise is pronounced /kənˈsɛp.tj(uː.)ə.laɪz/ (UK).
Words near conceptualise in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: conceptualise (page history and authors); conceptualize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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