actualize

[ ak-choo-uh-lahyz ]

/ ˈæk tʃu əˌlaɪz /

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

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

Words nearby actualize

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

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

Origin of actualize

First recorded in 1800–10; actual + -ize

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Examples from the Web for actualize

Regardless of the obstacles in her path, she was tirelessly determined to actualize her vision for equality.
Libyan Activist Pays Tribute To Slain Spiritual Sister|Anonymous|June 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Zero Dark Thirty will be remembered as her personal journey and struggle to actualize what for so long seemed impossible.
From ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ to ‘Medal of Honor’ Video Game: The SEAL Team Six Gift Guide|Benjamin Schor|December 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He could thus prove line-rotation without even being able to actualize in his experience such a rotation.
The Mystery of Space|Robert T. Browne
There is no special corporeal potentiality (to speak in Aristotelian language) which it is destined to actualize.
Aristotle|George Grote

The Good, therefore, is not active; for what need to actualize would actualization have?
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 2|Plotinos (Plotinus)
Not to actualize the idea of the Church, only to strive after its actualization, is the task of a religious communion.
The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6|E. Rameur
But none of us were prepared to actualize practically the ideal life of which we dreamed.
Concord Days|A. Bronson Alcott

British Dictionary definitions for actualize

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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actualize

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

Words related to actualize

Words nearby actualize

Origin of actualize

Examples from the Web for actualize

British Dictionary definitions for actualize

actualise

verb (tr)

Derived forms of actualize