concretises

con·cre·tize (k

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, k

tr.v. con·cre·tized, con·cre·tiz·ing, con·cre·tiz·es

To make real or specific: "The need to simplify and concretize . . . was hardly acceptable to a mind fascinated by the . . . suggestiveness of ideas" (Arthur A. Cohen).

concre·ti·zation (-t

-z

n) n.

concretize, concretise [ˈkɒnkrɪˌtaɪz ˈkɒŋ-]

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

concretization , concretisation n

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Verb	1.	concretize - make something concrete narrow down, pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow, specify - define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"
	2.	concretize - become specific; "the idea concretized in her mind" concretise change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

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concretize [ˈkɒnkrɪtaɪz] VT → concretar

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embody
nail down
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No matter how unwelcome one may find Pinchuk's analogy, it evocatively concretises many key elements often perceived in a South African literature: its disparate origins, its uneven quality, the incommensurability of its parts, its many crashed experiments, grandiose designs, heterogeneous make-up, and so on.

"Naming of parts", or, how things shape up in transcultural literary ... by de Kock, Leon / Literator

87) In clinical literature, the cyborg appears as a schizophrenic delusion that arrests the dissolution of subjectivity and concretises a perceived loss of autonomy and boundedness.

Schizophrenics & cyborgs: interrogating 'posthuman(ist)' subjectivity by Woods, Angela / Traffic (Parkville)

His promotion of Melbourne as the Australian centre for bio-technology concretises one strand of this new `economy'.

STEVE BRACKS'S DILEMMA by HINKSON, JOHN / Arena Magazine

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