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

When she realized she didn’t want to create art glass, her professor encouraged her to leave and “save $90,000 on tuition for something she wasn’t 100% behind.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Visitors often come away feeling that the White House and its spaces, including those they’ve seen on television, are smaller than they realized.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

Crow added that she had initially started looking for properties in the area when she realized she needed to be closer to the schools that her sons, Wyatt and Levi, would be attending.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

Mitochondria are often described as the power plants of the cell, but in the brain, their role may be even more important than scientists once realized.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

“So, you’re going to write about making the mailbox with him? Or the moment when you realized it was gone? Or . . . whatever’s up with you two now?”

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Related Words

• accomplished
• completed
• executed
• finished
• performed