to concretize

Examples

• All

• The peace accords also did little to concretize the principle of civilian control over the military.

  Academic text (2000)

• How multiscalar social-structural forces and discourses are concretized in space is mediated by social capital and its organizational manifestations.

  Academic text (2005)

• Do you start to concretize your thoughts on paper?

  Lex Fridman

• OK, so again, this is something that I concretize after listening to you, but the idea that shame has its place.

• There may be moments the researchers can remember that will concretize what I am saying.

  Academic text (2003)

• I think actually a more crucial talent is actually the ability to concretize that so much academic writing is abstract, generic.

• Historians and social scientists can certainly concretize their study (in research projects and local history, for example).

  Academic text (1993)

• First, there was a strongly felt need to concretize the faith-inspired quest for social justice in specific political options.

  Academic text (1992)

• A child's existence is first concretized in the eyes of the parent.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Universities are the birthplace of life-changing ideas and innovations that are further concretized to benefit the rest of humanity.

  Academic text (2018)

Synonyms

C

to crystallize

vsto concretize

• US

21 5.8

To become clear and definite, as an idea or plan

focuses on producing concrete, specific form rather than only clarity

A

to actualize

vsto concretize

• US

8 7.1

Make an idea or plan become real

focuses on making an idea definite or specific rather than creating existence

R

to reify

vsto concretize

• Formal

3 9.9

To think of an idea as a real thing

is about giving a definite, specific form rather than merely treating as real

O

to objectify

vsto concretize

2 7.4

To make an idea or feeling into a real, visible thing

is about creating specific form rather than merely presenting it as external

S

to substantiate

vsto concretize

• Formal

2 7.4

To make an idea seem real or clear to others

focuses on giving definite, specific form rather than only adding proof

I

to instantiate

vsto concretize

• Specialized

1 9.6

To show a general idea by giving a clear example

is about making an idea specific or real rather than only illustrating it

C

to corporealize

vsto concretize

• Formal

1 9.9

To make an idea or feeling into something physical

focuses on making ideas definite or specific instead of turning them physical

H

to hypostatize

vsto concretize

• Formal

9.9

To treat an idea as if it were a real thing

is about making an idea definite and specific instead of claiming real existence

S

to substantialize

vsto concretize

9.0

To make an idea or plan become real and physical

emphasizes defining and specifying an idea rather than physical transformation

How Concrete

to realize

• US

142 2.7

to concretize

• US

1 7.9

to specify

118 3.5

to describe

∞ 1.0

to suggest

∞ 1.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology