🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

concretização

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kõ.kɾe.ti.zaˈsɐ̃w

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Concretization/ˌkɒŋ.kriː.taɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A concretização deste objetivo exige dedicação."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act or process of making something abstract more concrete, definite, or real.

    "The architect's model is a successful concretization of her initial imaginative sketches."
  2. 2

    In linguistics and philosophy, the transition of an abstract concept into a specific object or tangible entity.

    "The concretization of human rights into enforceable international laws took decades of diplomatic effort."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'concretus' (meaning grown together, hardened, or solid), via French and modern suffixation of '-ize' and '-ation'. It entered philosophical and linguistic discourse in the 19th century to describe the process of making abstract concepts or ideas specific, real, or tangible.

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