To make an abstract or general idea definite, specific or concrete.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- concretize an idea
- concretize a proposal
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The example concretized the idea by showing its application.
The plan concretized the proposal through explicit responsibilities.
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Word forms
- Base
- concretize
- Past tense
- concretized
- Past participle
- concretized
- Present participle
- concretizing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- concretize
- Present continuous
- am/is/are concretizing
- Present perfect
- have/has concretized
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been concretizing
- Past
- concretized
- Past continuous
- was/were concretizing
- Past perfect
- had concretized
- Past perfect continuous
- had been concretizing
- Future
- will concretize
- Future continuous
- will be concretizing
- Future perfect
- will have concretized
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been concretizing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: concretize; concretizes; concretized; concretized; concretizing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: institutional and conceptual change, philosophical orientation, qualification of recurrence and degree. Disciplines: academic writing, philosophy, cross-disciplinary analysis. Commonness: uncommon. Third-person singular: concretizes.
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