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re⋅al⋅ize

   [ree-uh-lahyz]
verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to grasp or understand clearly.
2. to make real; give reality to (a hope, fear, plan, etc.).
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)
9. to convert property or goods into cash or money.
Also, especially British, re⋅al⋅ise.

Origin:
1605–15; < F réaliser, MF, equiv. to real real 1 + -iser -ize
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Language Translation for : Realizable
Spanish: practicable, factible, realizable, German: durchführbar, Japanese: 実行可能な
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re·al·ize     (rē'ə-līz')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   re·al·ized, re·al·iz·ing, re·al·iz·es

v.   tr.
  1. To comprehend completely or correctly.
  2. To bring into reality; make real: He finally realized his lifelong ambition to learn how to play the violin.
  3. To make realistic: a film that realizes court life of the 17th century.
  4. To obtain or achieve, as gain or profit: She realized a substantial return on the investment.
  5. To bring in (a sum) as profit by sale.
v.   intr.
To exchange holdings or goods for money.

[French réaliser, from Old French, from real, real; see real1.]
re'al·iz'a·ble adj., re'al·iz'er n.
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realizable

adjective
1. capable of being realized; "realizable benefits of the plan" 
2. capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do [syn: accomplishable] 

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Realizable

Re"al*i`za*ble\, a. Capable of being realized.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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