realize
to grasp or understand clearly.
to make real; give reality to (a hope, fear, plan, etc.).
to bring vividly to the mind.
to convert into cash or money: to realize securities.
to obtain as a profit or income for oneself by trade, labor, or investment.
to bring as proceeds, as from a sale: The goods realized $1000.
Music. to sight-read on a keyboard instrument or write out in notation the full harmony and ornamentation indicated by (a figured bass).
Linguistics. to serve as an instance, representation, or embodiment of (an abstract linguistic element or category): In “Jack tripped,” the subject is realized by “Jack,” the predicate by “tripped,” and the past tense by “-ed.”
to convert property or goods into cash or money.
Origin of realize
1- Also especially British, re·al·ise .
synonym study For realize
Other words for realize
Opposites for realize
Other words from realize
- re·al·iz·a·ble, adjective
- re·al·iz·a·bil·i·ty [ree-uh-lahyz-uh-bil-i-tee], /ri əˌlaɪz əˈbɪl ɪ ti/, re·al·iz·a·ble·ness, noun
- re·al·iz·a·bly, adverb
- re·al·iz·er, noun
- hy·per·re·al·ize, verb (used with object), hy·per·re·al·ized, hy·per·re·al·iz·ing.
- non·re·al·iz·a·ble, adjective
- non·re·al·iz·ing, adjective
- pre·re·al·ize, verb (used with object), pre·re·al·ized, pre·re·al·iz·ing.
- un·der·re·al·ize, verb (used with object), un·der·re·al·ized, un·der·re·al·iz·ing.
- un·re·al·ize, verb (used with object), un·re·al·ized, un·re·al·iz·ing.
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How to use realize in a sentence
The clip below, of Mayall hamming it up when he realises a punter is filming him at a charity auction, is a classic.
Then the pariah realises that she is thrust beyond the pale of human purity.
A German Pompadour | Marie HayThe mere aspiration, by changing the frame of the mind, for the moment realises itself.
He is in despair when he realises that Thornton Lyne is desperately in love with his step-daughter.
The Daffodil Mystery | Edgar WallaceComplete as the Nelson collection appears to be, one realises, on reflection, that only as a sailor is he celebrated here.
Adventures and Enthusiasms | E. V. Lucas
His laboratory there is a glorified edition of Menlo Park, and realises the inventor's dream.
Heroes of the Telegraph | J. Munro
British Dictionary definitions for realize
realise
/ (ˈrɪəˌlaɪz) /
(when tr, may take a clause as object) to become conscious or aware of (something)
(tr, often passive) to bring (a plan, ambition, etc) to fruition; make actual or concrete
(tr) to give (something, such as a drama or film) the appearance of reality
(tr) (of goods, property, etc) to sell for or make (a certain sum): this table realized £800
(tr) to convert (property or goods) into cash
(tr) (of a musicologist or performer)
to expand or complete (a thorough-bass part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass
to reconstruct (a composition) from an incomplete set of parts
to sound or utter (a phoneme or other speech sound) in actual speech; articulate
Derived forms of realize
- realizable or realisable, adjective
- realizably or realisably, adverb
- realization or realisation, noun
- realizer or realiser, noun
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