realized
adjective
grasped or understood.
realised
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a variation of
realized.
Example Sentences
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Over time, however, she's realised it's better to hold those memories.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
"I remember seeing my mother and I realised there's a version of that movie where my mum wasn't sitting in the audience," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The ruling by media watchdog Ofcom stated that once the staff member who accidentally played the files realised what they had done, they stopped playing them, "panicked and left the premises".
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Kira Townsend, 39, says she realised the immense danger when word came that the fire had jumped over the river, which normally acts as a barrier protecting the city from fires.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
But my guess is once she’d set off, once she’d seen the puzzled, uncomfortable faces in front of her, she realised the impossibility of completing what she’d started.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
