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realised

  • a variation of realized.
    realized
    adjective
    grasped or understood.

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Others proved resistant to change, and Duncan realised it would be impossible to fill the previous owner's shoes.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

"I looked at the size of it and I realised, that's not a dolphin. And so we just start screaming at the top of our lungs, just like 'shark, shark, shark'."

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

"I looked at the size of it and I realised that's not a dolphin."

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Stewart turned around and realised the shark was "right there … and it just was getting closer and closer and closer."

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

For my own part, I thought that if Mrs. Harker realised the danger herself, it was much pain as well as much danger averted.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker