actualize

especially British, ac·tu·al·ise

[ak-choo-uh-lahyz]

verb (used with object)

actualized, actualizing 

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

actualize

/ ˈæktʃʊəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to make actual or real

2. to represent realistically

Other Word Forms

• actualization noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of actualize¹

First recorded in 1800–10; actual + -ize

Example Sentences

“It wasn’t as much solving this like, master plan or whatever. It was moreso helping him actualize the things that he was seeing.”

From Los Angeles Times

Dorothy belts “Over the Rainbow” underneath newly actualized bluebirds and an impressively ominous sky.

From Los Angeles Times

Such is the reality of President Donald Trump's mass deportation plans, actualized by the executive orders and proclamations he signed during his first week in office to tamp down irregular crossings at the southern border.

From Salon

Whether selfless unity can overcome a history of selfish disunity — actualized in the face of a common “threat” from within — will be the question of the day.

From Salon

But "Father Figure's" central theme is the most actualized in a movie like "Babygirl."

From Salon