realize

Meaning

  1. To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into reality; to bring into real existence
  2. To become aware of (a fact or situation, especially of something that has been true for a long time).
  3. To cause to seem real to other people.
  4. To sense vividly or strongly; to make one's own in thought or experience.
  5. To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get
  6. To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, such as shares, bonds, etc.
  7. (obsolete) To convert into real property; to make real estate of.
  8. 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

A2
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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