concretize

English

Alternative forms

concretise

Etymology

concrete +‎ -ize

Verb

concretize (third-person singular simple present concretizes, present participle concretizing, simple past and past participle concretized)

(transitive) To make substantial, real, or tangible; to represent or embody a concept through a particular instance or example.
- 1962, Charles Hartshorne, "How Some Speak and Yet Do Not Speak of God," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, vol. 23, no. 2, p. 275,
  An essence exists if and only if it is actualized or concretized somehow, in some concrete form.
- 1999, Sherry D. Akins, "Vital Signs: Teaching and Grieving," The American Journal of Nursing, vol. 99, no. 8, p. 88,
  But Ms. Yauger's death concretized these abstract discussions and theories.
- 2003, Larry Alexander, "Is Judicial Review Democratic? A Comment on Harel," Law and Philosophy, vol. 22, no. 3-4, p. 280,
  Rights in this way stem from social conventions that concretize and shape the values that underlie them.

Related terms

concretization/concretisation

Translations

to make substantial, real, or tangible

Bulgarian: конкретизирам (bg) (konkretiziram)
Hungarian: konkretizál (hu)
Portuguese: concretizar (pt)

Romanian: concretiza (ro)
Russian: конкретизи́ровать (ru) impf (konkretizírovatʹ), конкретизи́ровать (ru) pf (konkretizírovatʹ)

Anagrams

concertize

Portuguese

Verb

concretize

first-person singular present subjunctive of concretizar
third-person singular present subjunctive of concretizar
first-person singular imperative of concretizar
third-person singular imperative of concretizar