To conceptualize something is to understand it in a way that is separate from the actual physical object or thing. You might conceptualize a object in your mind before you ever see it.
The artist conceptualizes the objects in a very abstract way.
She conceptualized the idea of a school without walls.
verb
have the idea for
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The Mental faculty or part of the being, is the conceptual and cognitive mind.
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The theory was conceptualized.
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It is difficult to conceptualize the comparison.
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The model was conceptualized in 2004.
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The signified is the conceptual component.
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But the ability to conceptualize a solution to a problem.
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Individualism is the conceptual opposite of fascism.
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He was to conceptualize the war as a haiku.
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The conceptual study is needed in this area.
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The question is one of conceptual idolatry.