Realize definition
To understand fully; apprehend.
verb
To make real; bring into being; achieve.
verb
To gain; obtain.
To realize a profit.
verb
To convert (assets, rights, etc.) into money.
verb
To make appear real.
verb
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To become aware of a fact or situation.
He realized that he had left his umbrella on the train.
verb
To be sold for, or bring as profit (a specified sum)
verb
To bring into reality; make real.
He finally realized his lifelong ambition to learn how to play the violin.
verb
Realize is defined as to achieve or fully understand.
An example of to realize is to finally understand the meaning of a poem.
verb
To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to accomplish.
The objectives of the project were never fully realized.
verb
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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.
verb
(business, finance) To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares, bonds, etc.
Profits from the investment can be realized at any time by selling the shares. By realizing the company's assets, the liquidator was able to return most of the shareholders' investments.
verb
To obtain or achieve, as gain or profit.
She realized a substantial return on the investment.
verb
To make realistic.
A film that realizes court life of the 1600s.
verb
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To bring in (a sum) as profit by sale.
verb
To exchange holdings or goods for money.
verb
To comprehend completely or correctly.
verb
Origin of realize
- French réaliser from Old French from real real real1
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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