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re⋅al⋅ize

  [ree-uh-lahyz] verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
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–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

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

Synonyms:
1. conceive, comprehend. 2. accomplish, effect. 3. See imagine.

Antonyms:
1. misunderstand.
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re·al·ize   (rē'ə-līz')   
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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Realize

Re"al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Realized; p. pr. & vb. n. Realizing.] [Cf. F. r['e]aliser.]

1. To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to accomplish; as, to realize a scheme or project.

We realize what Archimedes had only in hypothesis, weighting a single grain against the globe of earth. --Glanvill.

2. 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.

Many coincidences . . . soon begin to appear in them [Greek inscriptions] which realize ancient history to us. --Jowett.

We can not realize it in thought, that the object . . . had really no being at any past moment. --Sir W. Hamilton.

3. To convert into real property; to make real estate of; as, to realize his fortune.

4. To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get; as, to realize large profits from a speculation.

Knighthood was not beyond the reach of any man who could by diligent thrift realize a good estate. --Macaulay.

5. To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets.

Realize

Re"al*ize\, v. t. To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc.

Wary men took the alarm, and began to realize, a word now first brought into use to express the conversion of ideal property into something real. --W. Irving.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : realize
Spanish: comprender; darse cuenta,
German: erkennen,
Japanese: 理解する
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: re·al·ize
Pronunciation: 'rE-&-"lIz
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -ized; -iz·ing
1 : to convert into money
2 : to obtain or incur (as a gain or loss) esp. as the result of a sale, exchange, or other disposition of an asset <realized a loss when the house was sold> —compare RECOGNIZE —re·al·i·za·tion /"rE-&-l&-'zA-sh&n/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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