ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Concretize

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Concretize is a verb meaning (transitive) To make concrete, substantial, real, or tangible; to represent or embody a concept through a particular instance or example.

Meaning

(transitive) To make concrete, substantial, real, or tangible; to represent or embody a concept through a particular instance or example.

More Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To be embodied, to have physical representation.

Example Sentences

But Ms. Yauger's death concretized these abstract discussions and theories.
These expressions of God's concern concretize around the figure of the divine hand or arm.
An essence exists if and only if it is actualized or concretized somehow, in some concrete form.
Rights in this way stem from social conventions that concretize and shape the values that underlie them.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include materialize, specify, realize, operationalize, translate, achieve.

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