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realize

[ ree-uh-lahyz ]

verb (used with object)

realized, realizing.
  1. to grasp or understand clearly.

    Synonyms: ,

    Antonyms:

  2. to make real; give reality to (a hope, fear, plan, etc.).

    Synonyms: ,

  3. to bring vividly to the mind.
  4. to convert into cash or money:

    to realize securities.

  5. to obtain as a profit or income for oneself by trade, labor, or investment.
  6. to bring as proceeds, as from a sale:

    The goods realized $1000.

  7. Music. to sight-read on a keyboard instrument or write out in notation the full harmony and ornamentation indicated by (a figured bass).
  8. 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)

realized, realizing.
  1. to convert property or goods into cash or money.

realize

/ ˈɪəˌɪ /

verb

  1. when tr, may take a clause as object to become conscious or aware of (something)
  2. tr, often passive to bring (a plan, ambition, etc) to fruition; make actual or concrete
  3. tr to give (something, such as a drama or film) the appearance of reality
  4. tr (of goods, property, etc) to sell for or make (a certain sum)

    this table realized £800

  5. tr to convert (property or goods) into cash
  6. tr of a musicologist or performer
    1. to expand or complete (a thorough-bass part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass
    2. to reconstruct (a composition) from an incomplete set of parts
  7. to sound or utter (a phoneme or other speech sound) in actual speech; articulate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ𲹱ˌ, noun
  • ˌ𲹱ˈپDz, noun
  • ˈ𲹱ˌ, adjective
  • ˈ𲹱ˌ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ···· adjective
  • ······ٲ [ree-, uh, -lahyz-, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], ·····ness noun
  • ···· adverb
  • ··· noun
  • ···· verb (used with object) hyperrealized hyperrealizing
  • non····· adjective
  • ԴDz····Բ adjective
  • ··· verb (used with object) prerealized prerealizing
  • ܲ···· verb (used with object) underrealized underrealizing
  • ܲ··· verb (used with object) unrealized unrealizing
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of realize1

First recorded in 1605–15; from French é, Middle French, equivalent to real real 1 + -iser -ize
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Synonym Study

See imagine.
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Example Sentences

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These are the ones that make you laugh until you realize they’re serious.

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Either way, the end result can be far more impactful than you realize.

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Beyoncé is bringing back that cowboy culture and really making all the white people in America realize it actually started with Black people, especially the house music too, with the “Renaissance” tour.

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“I was wigging out about it, and I realized this was not healthy and I needed to take a break from this watch for a few months and detach from the numbers.”

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I realized that beneath his boisterous surface was the kindest, most caring man I had ever met.

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