Realize

Quick meaning: Realize is a verb meaning To become aware of, understand, or appreciate (a fact or situation, especially something which has been true for some time).

Meaning

To become aware of, understand, or appreciate (a fact or situation, especially something which has been true for some time).

More Meanings

1. To sense (something) strongly or vividly as if real.
2. To convert (something imaginary or planned, as a goal or idea) into reality; to bring into real existence, to make real.
3. To achieve (one's) potential.
4. Of an asset or property: to generate (a specific amount of money or interest) when invested or sold.
5. To cause (something) to seem real; to make realistic; specifically, to present (something) clearly to the mind, a person, (archaic) oneself, etc., so that it seems real.
6. To convert (an asset or property, especially investments such as bonds, shares, etc.) into a more easily usable form such as money, especially by selling the asset or property.
7. To acquire (money, a profit, etc.) by selling an asset or property, through trade, etc.; also (followed by on), to make (money or a profit) on an investment, a venture, etc.

Example Sentences

He realized that he had left his umbrella on the train.

She desperately yelled at her young daughter, frantic to make her realize what she had done.

Utterly helpleſs, thou wert ſinking for ever, and realiſedſt not the fearfulneſs of thy poſition, for thus wert thou born and nurtured.

[S]he cannot realize the change we must undergo. She has no idea of poverty but in the abstract: she has only read of it in poetry, where it is allied to love.

Word Forms

• realizes
• realizing
• realized
• realizest
• realizedst
• realizeth
• realise

Synonyms for realize

Depending on context, synonyms include implement, execute, actualize, materialize, embody, accomplish.

Antonyms for realize

Common opposites include derealize, disrealize.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include actualize, recognize, agnize, understand, see, bring in.

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