actualize

[ ak-choo-uh-lahyz ]

/ ˈæk tʃu əˌlaɪz /

verb (used with object), ac·tu·al·ized, ac·tu·al·iz·ing.

to make actual or real; turn into action or fact.

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Also especially British, ac·tu·al·ise.

Origin of actualize

First recorded in 1800–10; actual + -ize

Words nearby actualize

actual sin, actualism, actuality, actualité, actualization, actualize, actually, actuals, actuary, actuate, actuator

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Example sentences from the Web for actualise

It is a value, but not in the sense that man first appreciates it and subsequently looks for it and strives to actualise it.
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By it more nobly than by any other action man is enabled to actualise his superior nature.
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There is something unwholesome in acknowledging any ideal which we do not strive so far as we can to actualise.
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He did actualise knowing where some things could be hanging.
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His potentialities began to actualise with his comprehension of El Greco and the Venetians.
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British Dictionary definitions for actualise

actualize

actualise

/ (ˈæktʃʊəˌlaɪz) /

verb (tr)

to make actual or real

to represent realistically

Derived forms of actualize

actualization or actualisation, noun

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