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conceptualizing

conceptualizing is the present participle and gerund of conceptualize.

Meaning of conceptualize

Verb

conceptualize (third-person singular simple present conceptualizes, present participle conceptualizing, simple past and past participle conceptualized)

  1. (transitive) 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
  2. (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

Questions about conceptualizing

What is conceptualizing the present participle and gerund of?
Conceptualizing is the present participle and gerund of conceptualize.

Words near conceptualizing in the dictionary

  1. conceptualize
  2. conceptualized
  3. conceptualizer
  4. conceptualizers
  5. conceptualizes
  6. conceptualizing
  7. conceptually
  8. conceptum
  9. conceptums
  10. conceptus
  11. conceptuses

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