reify

Verb CEFR B1

ˈɹiː.ə.faɪ

Definitions

To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.

Equivalents

Españolcosificar

Françaisréifier

Deutschreifizieren verdinglichen vergegenständlichen

10 more languages

العربيةتشيأ جسد جسم

Ελληνικάαντικειμενοποιώ

Suomiesineellistää havainnollistaa

עבריתהמחיש

Македонскиопредметува

Nederlandsconcretiseren verstoffelijken

Portuguêscoisificar reificar

Русскийматериализовать

Svenskareifiera

Türkçesomutlaştırmak

Examples

“What I've always appreciated about this concept of coincidence ... is how it reifies our search ⟳ for causality, our need ⟳ to establish ⟳ logical connections among disparate events.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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See also

reifying reigle reign reign supreme reigne reigned

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