realize

[ ree-uh-lahyz ]

/ ˈri əˌlaɪz /

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verb (used with object), re·al·ized, re·al·iz·ing.

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.”

verb (used without object), re·al·ized, re·al·iz·ing.

to convert property or goods into cash or money.

Nearby words

reality testing, reality tv, reality-based, realizable, realization, realize, reallocate, really, realm, realpolitik, realtor

Also especially British, re·al·ise.

Origin of realize

1605–15; < French réaliser, Middle French, equivalent to real real¹ + -iser -ize

SYNONYMS FOR realize

1 conceive, comprehend.

2 accomplish, effect.

3 See imagine.

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ANTONYMS FOR realize

1 misunderstand.

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Related forms

re·al·iz·a·ble, adjectivere·al·iz·a·bil·i·ty, re·al·iz·a·ble·ness, nounre·al·iz·a·bly, adverbre·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, adjectivenon·re·al·iz·ing, adjectivepre·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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Examples from the Web for realize

Our duty is to make sure that they realize that the Prophet is not avenged.
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And in order for them to realize their vision, they are willing to use any means.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Our Duty Is to Keep Charlie Hebdo Alive|Ayaan Hirsi Ali|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It just took the “other” Senhor José a few decades to realize that.
The Lost Novel of Nobel-Winner José Saramago|Charles Shafaieh|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Finding the common bonds that help us realize that we have far more in common than that which separates us.
In 2015, Let’s Try for More Compassion|Gene Robinson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Finally, Van Cleef and Martin realize Liberty is going too far.
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No one seems to realize how beautiful a thing like that could be made.
The "Genius"|Theodore Dreiser
Hour by hour I was beginning to realize one of the inevitable results of Time.
Summer Cruising in the South Seas|Charles Warren Stoddard
Not for a moment did she appear to realize the dreadful mistake she had made.
A Lover in Homespun|F. Clifford Smith
If Betty knew it, then Consuello, too, must realize that he loved her.
Spring Street|James H. Richardson
Every evening he told her that anybody with ordinary gumption ought to realize that night air was bad for the human frame.
Alice Adams|Booth Tarkington

British Dictionary definitions for realize

realize

realise

/ (ˈrɪəˌlaɪz) /

verb

(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 Formsrealizable or realisable, adjectiverealizably or realisably, adverbrealization or realisation, nounrealizer or realiser, noun

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realize

verb (used with object), re·al·ized, re·al·iz·ing.

verb (used without object), re·al·ized, re·al·iz·ing.

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realize

realise

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