realized

American  

[ree-uh-lahyzd] / ˈri əˌlaɪzd /

especially British, realised

adjective

1. grasped or understood.

   A move to coastal Georgia left her with a newly realized taste for the beach and a bloated sunscreen budget.

2. depicted vividly or made to seem real.

   Writing historical fiction requires extensive research in order to build up a richly realized world and make it comprehensible to the reader.

3. completed or brought to fruition.

   Driven by the concept of outdoor learning, members of the faculty developed the seed of an idea into a fully realized plan.

   I've performed in some evenings of sketches, but it's been years since I was in a fully realized play with a rehearsal process and a director.

4. (of a person) having reached one’s full spiritual or psychological potential.

   He laughs from a deep down center of inner peace, his face radiant with the beauty of a realized soul.

5. (of goods or securities) converted into cash or money.

   Cash receipts include all cash generated from operations, including the proceeds from realized assets.

6. obtained as proceeds, savings, or profit.

   The company’s realized income has remained roughly the same despite their reduced workforce.

   If the realized savings do not exceed the financing costs, the energy services company will make up the difference.

7. Music. (of keyboard music) having the full harmony or ornamentation written out.

   A fully realized version of the organ part is also available.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of realize.

Etymology

Origin of realized

realize ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Fast forward two months later, and Fed officials realized they had been wrong — badly.

From MarketWatch

Wild swings on a daily basis have helped push 30-day realized volatility to one of the highest levels on record.

From MarketWatch

Arguably, the late Queen Elizabeth had everything — and then some — but that homemade gift took time and effort, something that the queen clearly realized.

From MarketWatch

She realized that many of those medications addressed symptoms rather than the root problem.

From Science Daily

He realized he could apply the same logic elsewhere in his life, too: “I was like, well, what about what I put on my body?”

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• accomplished
• completed
• executed
• finished
• performed