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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Nearby words
- actual sin,
- actualism,
- actuality,
- actualité,
- actualization,
- actually,
- actuals,
- actuarial,
- actuary,
- actuate
Also especially British, ac·tu·al·ise.
Origin of actualize
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/ (ˈæktʃʊəˌlaɪz) /
verb (tr)
to make actual or real
to represent realistically
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actualize
1810, first attested in Coleridge, from actual + -ize. Related: Actualized; actualizing.
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