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conceptualize

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conceptualize

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++con·cep·tu·al·ize (also conceptualise British English) /kənˈseptʃuəlaɪz/ verb [intransitive, transitive]  IDEAto form an idea 形成概念,使概念化 How do older people conceptualize their health? 上了年纪的人是怎样看待自己的健康的?conceptualization /kənˌseptʃuəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -lə-/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb table
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conceptualizeA second approach to conceptualizing a general education is in terms of the society or culture of which it is a part.Piaget s system for conceptualizing intellectual development was greatly influenced by his early training and work as a biologist.If you cant conceptualize a job in less than forty words, you won't be able to conceptualize the job clearly at all.Thus, the child is conceptualized as a plant.Implicitly it is conceptualized in terms of the personal behaviours which individuals indulge and which are well recognized as risk factors for various diseases.This led him to conceptualize intellectual development in much the same way as biological development.How do we as a nation conceptualize racial equality?Increasingly, researchers have attempted to conceptualize speaker variables in such a way as to solve a widening range of substantive problems.These three factors enable one to conceptualize the situation like this.
con·cep·tu·al·ize verbChineseSyllable
Corpus idea to an form


conceptualize
conceptualize (also conceptualise British English) /kənˈseptʃuəlaɪz/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
 Word Family: noun: concept, conceptualization; verb: conceptualize; adverb: conceptually; adjective: conceptual
to form an idea:
    How do older people conceptualize their health?
—conceptualization /kənˌseptʃuəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -lə-/ noun [uncountable and countable]


con·cep·tu·al·ize AW (BrE also con·cep·tu·al·ise) BrE /kənˈseptʃuəlaɪz/ 🔊NAmE /kənˈseptʃuəlaɪz/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they conceptualize BrE /kənˈseptʃuəlaɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /kənˈseptʃuəlaɪz/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it conceptualizes BrE /kənˈseptʃuəlaɪzɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /kənˈseptʃuəlaɪzɪz/ 🔊past simple conceptualized BrE /kənˈseptʃuəlaɪzd/ 🔊 NAmE /kənˈseptʃuəlaɪzd/ 🔊past participle conceptualized BrE /kənˈseptʃuəlaɪzd/ 🔊 NAmE /kənˈseptʃuəlaɪzd/ 🔊 -ing form conceptualizing BrE /kənˈseptʃuəlaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /kənˈseptʃuəlaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (as sth) (formal) to form an idea of sth in your mind 构思;使形成观念;将…概念化(为…)