realize
Meaning
- To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into reality; to bring into real existence
- To become aware of (a fact or situation, especially of something that has been true for a long time).
- To cause to seem real to other people.
- To sense vividly or strongly; to make one's own in thought or experience.
- To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get
- To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, such as shares, bonds, etc.
- (obsolete) To convert into real property; to make real estate of.
- To turn an abstract linguistic object into actual language, especially said of a phoneme's conversion into speech sound.
Concepts
realize
understand
realise
comprehend
know
perceive
carry out
notice
actualize
recognize
accomplish
fulfil
find out
see
achieve
fulfill
implement
become aware of
actualise
twig
apprehend
effect
execute
figure out
get
feel
materialize
aware
make real
clear
gain
make
conceive
appreciate
perform
come to know
discover
learn
become aware
recognise
remember
be aware of
agnise
pull in
think
carry through
conduct
meet
attain
be certain
conscious
agnize
substantiate
bring in
earn
take in
be aware
detect
imagine
come true
develop
catch
engineer
observe
produce
get to know
fetch
get the picture
know well
aware of
be conscious of
be clear
be convinced
be evident
be obvious
cash
effectuate
market
acknowledge
admit
hear
envisage
obtain
follow up
realized
convert into cash
discern
grasp
guess
satisfy
gather
walking
hold
put
through
abide
abide by
act out
exercise
keep
secure
learn of
dawn on
learn about
clinch
conclude
discharge
do
do the deed
end
finalize
finish
go through with
settle
profit from
sense
cognize
contrive
turn into money
consider
miss
recall
think about
be confident
be sure
exactly know
know the way of the world
perceive clearly
see clearly
understand well
be apologetic
be penitent
be regretful
be remorseful
feel repentant
reconsider
come to realize the truth
wake up to reality
wake up to something
cash in
get wise to
succeed
turn into cash
be realized
bring into effect
bring to effect
carry into effect
give effect to
incarnate
put into effect
off-load
be conscious
visualise
call to mind
experience
opine
smell
taste
confess
awake to
see through
drive at
mean
purport
envision
fancy
cause to think
remind
put into practice
compass
arrive
reach
accommodate
acquire
draw
find
garner
incur
procure
raise
source
supply
seize on
liquidate
figure
latch on
make out
touch
tumble
accompany
add to
complement
complete
eke out
fill out
finish out
make up
replenish
round out
supplement
pursue
throw
clever
wake up
practice
get it
suspect
able
enact
real
elaborate
remark
awake
etc
plots
uncovered
recognition
understanding
obvious
unequivocal
verify
make sense
read
resolve
attentive
diligent
come to
be able
Frequency
Hyphenated as
re‧al‧ize
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹi.ə.laɪz/
Etymology
Attested since 1610, from French réaliser, from Middle French real (“actual”), from Old French reel, from Latin reālis, from rēs (“thing, event, deed, fact”); as if real + -ize.
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