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realize - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To comprehend completely or correctly.
- intransitive verb To bring into reality; make real.
- intransitive verb To make realistic.
- intransitive verb To obtain or achieve, as gain or profit.
- intransitive verb To bring in (a sum) as profit by sale.
- intransitive verb To exchange holdings or goods for money.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make or cause to become real; bring into existence or fact: as, to
realize a project, or a dream of empire. - To perceive or comprehend the reality of; make real or distinct to one's self; recognize the real nature or the actual existence of: as, to
realize the horrors of war; to realize one's danger or one's deficiencies. - To manifest as real or as a reality; exhibit the actual existence or character of; cause to appear real or distinct.
- To bring or get into actual possession; make one's own; clear as a profit or gain; obtain a return of: as, to
realize a fortune from speculation. - To bring into form for actual or ready use; exchange for cash or ready means: as, to
realize one's stock or securities. - To fetch as a price or return; bring in exchange or as compensation; make a return of: as, how much did the cargo realizet his labor realizes but little.
- To convert into real estate; make real property of.
- To obtain ready money or profits by sale of property.
- Also spelled
realise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to effectuate; to accomplish.
- transitive verb To cause to seem real; to impress upon the mind as actual; to feel vividly or strongly; to make one's own in apprehension or experience.
- transitive verb To convert into real property; to make real estate of.
- transitive verb To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get.
- transitive verb To convert into actual money.
- intransitive verb To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To make
real ; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into theactual ; to bring into concrete existence; toaccomplish . - verb transitive To become
aware of a fact or situation. - verb transitive To cause to seem real; to impress upon the mind as actual; to feel
vividly orstrongly ; to make one's own inapprehension orexperience . - verb transitive, business To
acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; togain ; toget - verb transitive, business, finance To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing
investments , as shares, bonds, etc. - verb transitive, business, obsolete To convert into
real property ; to makereal estate of.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- verb expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass
- verb be fully aware or cognizant of
- verb perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
- verb convert into cash; of goods and property
- verb make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French réaliser, from Old French, from real, real; see real.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Attested since 1610, from French réaliser, from Middle French real ("actual"), from Old French reel, from Latin realis, from res ("thing, event, deed, fact"); as if real + -ize.
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Examples
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None of the people that use this term realize that its all basically the product of a perfectly executed plan to remove the creativity, lyricism, fun and consciousness from mainstream rap.
Mommy, What's A Backpacker? AKA What The Hell Is A Cannibal Ox? Dart Adams 2007
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It was imperative that she pinpoint what - beyond just the voice - would make a label realize she was worthy of a franchise tag.
unknown title 2009
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It was imperative that she pinpoint what - beyond just the voice - would make a label realize she was worthy of a franchise tag.
unknown title 2009
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The first thing to realize is that no one wears a goatee in the supposed alternate Earth, so how do you really know it's an alternate?
Stargate SG-1 Watchathon - 'The But For The Grace Of God' (S01E19) 2009
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The other thing Matthew should realize is that income on which low taxes have been paid — e.g, the extremely low capital gains tax — becomes After Tax Wealth which is IMMUNE from futher taxation by the government.
Matthew Yglesias » The Recent Impact of Supermajority Rule in the Senate 2009
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What many of you may not realize, is that there is a "Grip and Grin Institute" in Canada, where magazine editors, writers, and photographers are sent to master the form it takes to wind up on the cover, or at least in a spread, of a major fishing magazine.
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And what people have to realize is that the filibuster makes it harder to make changes, but it makes it EASIER to maintain the status quo.
Matthew Yglesias » Harkin Reintroduces Filibuster Reform 2010
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What I realize is that the stretch-and-snap effect of most series really ruins the overall arch of most.
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The other thing Matthew should realize is that income on which low taxes have been paid — e.g, the extremely low capital gains tax — becomes After Tax Wealth which is IMMUNE from futher taxation by the government.
Matthew Yglesias » The Recent Impact of Supermajority Rule in the Senate 2009
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See, what you have to realize is that any fact which interferes with the narrative movement conservatives want to push can be discounted, for that very reason.
Matthew Yglesias » Conservatives Don’t Care About the Deficit 2010
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synonyms (215)
Words with the same meaning
- absorb
- accomplish
- achieve
- act
- actualize
- adumbrate
- appreciate
- apprehend
- assimilate
- attain
- author
- be acquainted with
- be apprised of
- be aware of
- be cognizant of
- be conscious of
- be conversant with
- be informed
- be productive
- be sold
- be with one
- bear
- beget
- body forth
- breed
- bring
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- call to mind
- call up
- capitalize on
- cash in on
- catch
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- cause
- clean up
- clear
- cognize
- coin money
- commercialize
- commit
- compass
- comprehend
- conceive
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- conjure up
- constitute
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- create
- deal with
- demonstrate
- dig
- digest
- discern
- discharge
- dispatch
- dispose of
- distinguish
- do
- do the job
- do the trick
- do to
- earn
- effect
- effectuate
- embody
- enact
- engender
- engineer
- envisage
- envision
- establish
- execute
- exemplify
- fancy
- father
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- feature
- fetch
- figure
- follow
- foreshadow
- form
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- fulfill
- gain
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- generate
- gestate
- get
- get hold of
- get the drift
- get the idea
- get the picture
- give birth to
- give occasion to
- give origin to
- give rise to
- go and do
- grasp
- gross
- have
- have information about
- have it taped
- have knowledge of
- identify
- illustrate
- image
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- impersonate
- inaugurate
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- just see
- ken
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- learn
- make
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- render
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- see
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- seize the meaning
- sell
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- sense
- set afloat
- set on foot
- set up
- shadow
- shadow forth
- sire
- spot
- succeed
- summon up
- take
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- turn a penny
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- twig
- understand
- up and do
- vision
- visualize
- volume-produce
- win
- work
- work out
- wot
- wot of
- wreak
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