Concretize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. 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).
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make substantial, real, or tangible; to represent or embody a concept through a particular instance or example.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make specific; give definiteness to.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make something concrete
  • v. become specific
    • Verb Form
    concretized    concretizing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    narrow    nail down    pin down    specify    peg down   
     
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