Conceptualize

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  • intransitive verb. To form a concept or concepts of, and especially to interpret in a conceptual way.
  • intransitive verb. To form concepts.
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  • transitive verb. to to form a concept of.
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  • verb. To interpret a phenomenon by forming a concept
  • verb. To conceive the idea for something
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  • verb. have the idea for
  • Word Usage
    "Basically, the researchers decided at the end that they just need to "refine developmentally appropriate information with concrete instructions and role-plays" so that even the smallest children 5-7 years old will be able to "conceptualize" sexual abuse and accept that members of their own families might be abusers."
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