actualize

American  

[ak-choo-uh-lahyz] / ˈæk tʃu əˌlaɪz /

especially British, actualise

verb (used with object)

actualized, actualizing

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

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actualize British  

/ ˈæktʃʊəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to make actual or real

2. to represent realistically

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Other Word Forms

• actualization
  noun

Etymology

Origin of actualize

First recorded in 1800–10; actual + -ize

Example Sentences

As Hill described it last month, they weren’t so much “solving this master plan” with Sasaki as they were “helping him actualize the things” he was trying to do in his delivery.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2025

“Interstate conflict is only intensifying, and data is the first shot across the bow for how to actualize that conflict,” she added.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2024

But they nevertheless actualize Laura's words: Choosing flesh over immortality is to live and die, too.

From Salon • Sep. 13, 2023

It is always worth the effort to actualize them.

From Slate • May 13, 2023

The facts underlying it are, indeed, most beautiful and true, but how can we actualize in ourselves the realization that carries with it such wonderful results?

From In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty by Trine, Ralph Waldo