動詞 conceptualize:

1. have the idea for
   同義詞：gestate, conceive, conceptualise

con.cep.tu.al.ize

v.（動詞）
con.cep.tu.al.ized,con.cep.tu.al.iz.ing,con.cep.tu.al.iz.es
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To form a concept or concepts of, and especially to interpret in a conceptual way:
概念化：形成…的概念，尤指用概念的方式進行解釋：
例句：
.Efforts to conceptualize the history and structure of the universe were already running into trouble because . . . the universe was not as uniform as had been assumed.(John Noble Wilford)
.試圖把宇宙的歷史與結(jié)構(gòu)概念化的努力已陷入困境…因為宇宙并非如人們所設(shè)想的那樣一成不變.(約翰·諾貝爾·威爾福特)

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To form concepts.
形成概念

【引伸】
concep.tualiza.tion
concep.tualiz.er
n.（名詞）