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The definition of conceptualize is to form an idea.

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An example of conceptualize is for an author to envision the plot for her next novel.

See conceptualize in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb conceptualized, conceptualizing

to form a concept or idea of; conceive

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conceptualization noun

See conceptualize in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb con·cep·tu·al·ized, con·cep·tu·al·iz·ing, con·cep·tu·al·iz·es

verb, transitive

To form a concept or concepts of, and especially to interpret in a conceptual way: “Efforts to conceptualize the history and structure of the universe were already running into trouble because . . . the universe was not as uniform as had been assumed” (John Noble Wilford).

verb, intransitive

To form concepts.

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