operationalize

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operationalize

  • /ɒpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)nəlʌɪz/ UK
  • /ˌɑpəˈɹeɪʃənəˌlaɪz/ US

verb operationalizes · operationalizing · operationalized · operationalise

  1. transitive To make operational. I have a lot of sexual fantasies that I'm never going to operationalize. I enjoy them just as fantasies.
  2. transitive To define (a concept) in such a way that it can be practically measured. To operationalize a concept is to identify those variables in terms of which the phenomenon represented by the concept can be accurately observed.

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@misc{operationalize_2026,
  title = {operationalize},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/operationalize},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}