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operationalize

(also operationalise)
Definition of operationalize

verb

[with object]
  • 1put into operation or use: such measures would be difficult to operationalize
  • 2 Philosophy express or define (something) in terms of the operations used to determine or prove it: previous studies have operationalized panic in terms of average time of group escape

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Definition of operationalize in the US English dictionary
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