realize
Use Realize in a sentence
əˌlaɪz 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.
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Also, especially British, re·al·ise.
Related forms
re·al·iz·a·ble, adjective
re·al·iz·a·bil·i·ty, re·al·iz·a·ble·ness, noun
re·al·iz·a·bly, adverb
re·al·iz·er, noun
hy·per·re·al·ize, verb (used with object), hy·per·re·al·ized, hy·per·re·al·iz·ing.
non·re·al·iz·a·ble, adjective
non·re·al·iz·ing, adjective
pre·re·al·ize, verb (used with object), pre·re·al·ized, pre·re·al·iz·ing.
un·der·re·al·ize, verb (used with object), un·der·re·al·ized, un·der·re·al·iz·ing.
un·re·al·ize, verb (used with object), un·re·al·ized, un·re·al·iz·ing.
Antonyms
1. misunderstand.
1. misunderstand.
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realize or realise (ˈrɪəˌlaɪz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | ( |
| 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 |
| a. to expand or complete (a thorough-bass part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass | |
| b. 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 |
| realise or realise | |
| —vb | |
| 'realizable or realise | |
| —adj | |
| 'realisable or realise | |
| —adj | |
| 'realizably or realise | |
| —adv | |
| 'realisably or realise | |
| —adv | |
| reali'zation or realise | |
| —n | |
| reali'sation or realise | |
| —n | |
| 'realizer or realise | |
| —n | |
| 'realiser or realise | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
realize
1611, "bring into existence," from Fr. réaliser "make real," from M.Fr. real "actual," from O.Fr. (see real (adj.)). Sense of "understand clearly" is first recorded 1775.
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Example sentences
Who knows, maybe we'd realize the value of that and the value of the brooding dark side.
All the songs that tell people to listen to their hearts may be truer than crooners realize, a new study says.
All the regulatory agencies are beginning to realize it's important to update approaches and look at all of the available science.
It's of paramount importance to realize that the vast majority of matches produced by this method are false.
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