How do you use the word "conceptualize" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "conceptualize": This is hard to conceptualize.

Conceptualize Meaning

/kəˈnsɛptʃwəˌlaɪz/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo interpret a phenomenon by forming a concept.

verbTo conceive the idea for something.

Sentence Examples

This is hard to conceptualize.

It is difficult to conceptualize such large distances in space.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

conceive

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

Children often ____ freedom as a bird flying in the sky.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

It took him weeks to clearly ____ a new marketing strategy.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō ▲ Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)calq. Latin concipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin conceptus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin conceptuālisbor. English conceptual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English conceptualize From conceptual + -ize.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Medicine today conceptualizes the heart as a machine." — 2018, Sandeep Jauhar, Heart: a History, →ISBN, page 150:

"Conceptualized as a neurological difference, autism is viewed as part of human diversity (Cherewick & Matergia, 2024; Taboas et al., 2023)." — 2025 May 14, Carmit-Noa Shpigelman, Gal Hodara Hassan, ““The System Sweeps it Under the Rug”: Educational Staff’s Perspectives on Romantic Relationships Among Autistic Adolescents”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, →DOI:

"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:

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