concretizing
concretizing is the present participle and gerund of concretize.
Meaning of concretize
Verb
concretize (third-person singular simple present concretizes, present participle concretizing, simple past and past participle concretized)
- To make concrete, substantial, real, or tangible; to represent or embody a concept through a particular instance or example.
- An essence exists if and only if it is actualized or concretized somehow, in some concrete form.1962, Charles Hartshorne, “How Some Speak and Yet Do Not Speak of God,”, in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, volume 23, number 2, page 275
- To be embodied, to have physical representation.
- These expressions of God's concern concretize around the figure of the divine hand or arm.2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 1055
Questions about concretizing
- What is concretizing the present participle and gerund of?
- Concretizing is the present participle and gerund of concretize.
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