crystallize

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The very act of writing some things down helps to crystallize them in my own mind.

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Quick take

cause to take on a definite and clear shape; "He tried to crystallize his thoughts"

Meaning at a glance

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verb

cause to take on a definite and clear shape; "He tried to crystallize his thoughts"

verb

make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"

verb

cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form; "crystallize minerals"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for crystallize.

verb

cause to take on a definite and clear shape; "He tried to crystallize his thoughts"

See also: crystallise, crystalise, crystalize

verb

make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"

verb

cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form; "crystallize minerals"

See also: crystallise, crystalize, crystalise

verb

assume crystalline form; become crystallized

See also: crystalize, crystalise, effloresce

Example sentences

The very act of writing some things down helps to crystallize them in my own mind.

To crystallize the point: how is this not, on its face, textbook First Amendment material?

It will slowly crystallize acetone peroxide as the reaction occurs.

" in the history of software and be abandoned for something much better, which I hope will crystallize out of these ~70 years of computer science.

On a higher level, I think Twitter is helping this negativity crystallize and come through better by the nature of the service.

The metal clickie causes the solution to crystallize, which happens to happen exothermically.

* Never pass up an opportunity to try to crystallize your own thoughts and lift the collective intelligence of the entire community by responding with care, whether expounding or disagreeing.

Then, much later than is necessary, and probably after a few internal rounds of "voting", a plan will suddenly crystallize and everybody will suddenly move into motion and execute.

As for writing it: I find writing helps me crystallize my thinking, because I'm very capable of bamboozling myself mentally but often less capable when I see the half-formed rationalization in print.