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    reify
    /ˈreɪɪfʌɪ/

    verb

    • 1. make (something abstract) more concrete or real: formal "these instincts are, in man, reified as verbal constructs"

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  2. Reify is a verb that means to make something abstract into a real or concrete thing. Learn the origin, usage, and examples of reify and its related word reification.

  3. Reify is a formal verb that means to make something more real or consider it as real. Learn how to use it in sentences, how to pronounce it and how to translate it in different languages.

  4. When you reify something abstract, you make it real. You might reify your affection for Italy by hanging posters of the Italian Riviera on your wall and cooking Italian food every night.

  5. noun. Word origin. < L res, thing (see real 1) + -fy. Word Frequency. reify in American English. (ˈriəˌfai, ˈrei-) transitive verb Word forms: -fied, -fying. to convert into or regard as a concrete thing. to reify a concept.

  6. Reify is a formal verb that means to make something more real or consider it as real. Learn how to use it in sentences, how to pronounce it and how to translate it in different languages.

  7. Reify definition: to convert into or regard as a concrete thing. See examples of REIFY used in a sentence.

  8. Define reify. reify synonyms, reify pronunciation, reify translation, English dictionary definition of reify. tr.v. re·i·fied , re·i·fy·ing , re·i·fies To regard or treat as if it had concrete or material existence. re′i·fi·ca′tion n. re′i·fi′er n.