Meaning & use
solutionize
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Meaning
verbtransitive or intransitiveinformalbusiness
To turn a problem or need into a practical solution, especially in a business or technology setting.
Grammar: Can take an object (solutionize the issue) or stand alone (let's solutionize).
Patterns
- solutionize something
- solutionize for someone
Let's solutionize the billing problem before the client call.
Our team will solutionize this together in the workshop.
The consultants were hired to solutionize the supply chain.
Word forms
| third person singular | solutionizes |
|---|---|
| past tense | solutionized |
| past participle | solutionized |
| -ing form | solutionizing |
Common combinations
- solutionize a problem
- We need to solutionize this problem quickly.
- solutionize for the client
- The team will solutionize for the client by Friday.
- time to solutionize
- The data is in, so it is time to solutionize.
- solutionize together
- Let's solutionize together in tomorrow's meeting.
Synonyms and how they differ
- solve
- Is the plain, universal word and the best choice outside corporate speech.
- fix
- Is informal and works for practical repairs, while solutionize sounds like an office buzzword.
- address
- Means to deal with an issue formally and is more neutral and natural in business writing.
Opposites
Word family
- solution noun
- an answer to a problem
- solutionist noun
- someone who believes everything has a fix
- solutioning noun
- the act of designing solutions, in business
Commonly confused: solutionize or solve?
solutionize vs solve
Solve is the standard verb and is understood everywhere, whereas solutionize is rare jargon.
Practice
Which plainer word could replace solutionize in a formal report?
Choose one answer.
Solutionize means to develop a solution, so solve is the closest plain replacement. The other verbs mean the opposite or something unrelated.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “solutionize”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.