concretize

American

[kon-kruh-tahyz, kong-, kon-kree-tahyz, kong-, kuhn-, kuhng-] / ˈkɒn krəˌtaɪz, ˈkɒŋ-, kɒnˈkri taɪz, kɒŋ-, kən-, kəŋ- /

especially British, concretise

verb (used with object)

concretized, concretizing

to make concrete, real, or particular; give tangible or definite form to.

to concretize abstractions.

concretize British

/ ˈkɒŋ-, ˈkɒnkrɪˌtaɪz /

verb

(tr) to render concrete; make real or specific; give tangible form to

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Other Word Forms

concretization noun

Etymology

Origin of concretize

First recorded in 1880–85; concrete + -ize

Example Sentences

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In June, a coalition of government agencies unveiled the National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics, that aims to concretize and make actionable the goal set in 2015.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2024

“She wrote these wonderful books of heightened reality and magical worlds where she would concretize metaphor.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2023

By 1979, the Dead Kennedys frontman, Jello Biafra, ran for mayor as the only progressive alternative to Feinstein, helping the punk concretize San Francisco’s reputation as a progressive political and cultural city.

From The Guardian • Jan. 5, 2020

I wonder how you concretize what you’re saying and help folks who are struggling to understand.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2019

And when, the following century, John Milton wrote of Eve’s “sharp desire … / Of tasting those fair Apples,” he helped concretize the image of the bright rubine Malus pumila that we know today.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2018

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