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WORDNET DICTIONARY
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realize

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Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
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re=al=ize

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb realize has 6 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

realizev. t. [Cf. F. réaliser.].
  •  To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to effectuate; to accomplish; as, to realize a scheme or project.  [1913 Webster]
    "We realize what Archimedes had only in hypothesis, weighing a single grain against the globe of earth."  [1913 Webster]
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
    "Many coincidences . . . soon begin to appear in them [Greek inscriptions] which realize ancient history to us."  [1913 Webster]
    "We can not realize it in thought, that the object . . . had really no being at any past moment."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To convert into real property; to make real estate of; as, to realize his fortune.  [1913 Webster]
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
    "Knighthood was not beyond the reach of any man who could by diligent thrift realize a good estate."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets.  [1913 Webster]
realizev. i. 
     To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc.  [1913 Webster]
    "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."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

realize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 (often foll. by that + clause) be fully aware of; conceive as real.
2 understand clearly.
3 present as real; make realistic; give apparent reality to (the story was powerfully realized on stage).
4 convert into actuality; achieve (realized a childhood dream).
5 a convert into money. b acquire (profit). c be sold for (a specified price).
6 Mus. reconstruct (a part) in full from a figured bass.

Derivative
realizable adj. realizability n. realization n. realizer n.

THESAURUS

realize

absorb, accomplish, achieve, act, actualize, adumbrate, appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, attain, author, be acquainted with, be apprised of, be aware of, be cognizant of, be conscious of, be conversant with, be informed, be productive, be sold, be with one, bear, beget, body forth, breed, bring, bring about, bring forth, bring in, bring into being, bring off, bring to effect, bring to fruition, bring to pass, call to mind, call up, capitalize on, cash in on, catch, catch on, catch on to, cause, clean up, clear, cognize, coin money, commercialize, commit, compass, comprehend, conceive, conceptualize, conjure up, constitute, consummate, create, deal with, demonstrate, dig, digest, discern, discharge, dispatch, dispose of, distinguish, do, do the job, do the trick, do to, earn, effect, effectuate, embody, enact, engender, engineer, envisage, envision, establish, execute, exemplify, fancy, father, fathom, feature, fetch, figure, follow, foreshadow, form, found, fulfill, gain, gain by, generate, gestate, get, get hold of, get the drift, get the idea, get the picture, give birth to, give occasion to, give origin to, give rise to, go and do, grasp, gross, have, have information about, have it taped, have knowledge of, identify, illustrate, image, imagine, impersonate, inaugurate, incarnate, incept, industrialize, inflict, install, institute, just see, ken, knock off, know, know again, learn, make, make a killing, make money, make money by, make out, manage, mass-produce, master, materialize, mirror, nail, net, objectify, occasion, organize, originate, overproduce, pay, peg, perceive, perform, perpetrate, personate, personify, picture, place, polish off, possess, prefigure, prehend, pretypify, produce, profit, project, pull off, put away, reach, read, realize on, recall knowledge of, recognize, reflect, reidentify, render, represent, return, savvy, score, see, seize, seize the meaning, sell, sell for, sense, set afloat, set on foot, set up, shadow, shadow forth, sire, spot, succeed, summon up, take, take and do, take care of, take in, tell, turn a penny, turn the trick, turn to account, turn to profit, twig, understand, up and do, vision, visualize, volume-produce, win, work, work out, wot, wot of, wreak

ROGET THESAURUS

realize

Speciality

VB specify, particularize, individualize, realize, specialize, designate, determine, denote, indicate, point out, select, descend to particulars, enter into detail, go into detail, come to the point.

Completion

VB effect, effectuate, accomplish, achieve, compass, consummate, hammer out, bring to maturity, bring to perfection, perfect, complete, elaborate, do, execute, make, go through, get through, work out, enact, bring about, bring to bear, bring to pass, bring through, bring to a head, despatch, dispatch, knock off, finish off, polish off, make short work of, dispose of, set at rest, perform, discharge, fulfill, realize, put in practice, put in force, carry out, carry into effect, carry into execution, make good, be as good as one's word, do thoroughly, not do by halves, go the whole hog, drive home, be in at the death, carry through, play out, exhaust, fill the bill, finish, bring to a close, wind up, stamp, clinch, seal, set the seal on, put the seal, give the final touch, to, put the last, put the finishing hand to, put the finishing touches on, crown, crown all, cap, ripen, culminate, come to a head, come to a crisis, come to its end, die a natural death, die of old age, run its course, run one's race, touch the goal, reach the goal, attain the goal, reach, get in the harvest.

Acquisition

VB acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather, collect, pick, pickup, glean, find, come upon, pitch upon, light upon, scrape up, scrape together, get in, reap and carry, net, bag, sack, bring home, secure, derive, draw, get in the harvest, profit, make profit, draw profit, turn a quick profit, turn to profit, turn to account, make capital out of, make money by, obtain a return, reap the fruits of, reap an advantage, gain an advantage, turn a penny, turn an honest penny, make the pot boil, bring grist to the mill, make money, coin money, raise money, raise funds, raise the wind, fill one's pocket, treasure up, realize, clear, produce, take, get back, recover, regain, retrieve, revendicate, replevy, redeem, come by one's own, come by, come in for, receive, inherit, step into a fortune, step into the shoes of, succeed to, get hold of, get between one's finger and thumb, get into one's hand, get at, take possession, come into possession, enter into possession, be profitable, pay, answer, accrue.

Sale

VB sell, vend, dispose of, effect a sale, sell over the counter, sell by auction, dispense, retail, deal in, sell off, sell out, turn into money, realize, bring to the hammer, bring under the hammer, put up to auction, put up for auction, offer for sale, put up for sale, hawk, bring to market, offer, undersell, let, mortgage.

Intellect

VB note, notice, mark, take notice of, take cognizance of be aware of, be conscious of, realize, appreciate, ruminate, fancy.

Thought

VB think, reflect, cogitate, excogitate, consider, deliberate, bestow thought upon, bestow consideration upon, speculate, contemplate, meditate, ponder, muse, dream, ruminate, brood over, con over, animadvert, study, bend the mind, apply the mind, digest, discuss, hammer at, weigh, perpend, realize, appreciate, fancy, trow, take into consideration, take counsel, commune with oneself, bethink oneself, collect one's thoughts, revolve in the mind, turn over in the mind, run over in the mind, chew the cud upon, sleep upon, take counsel of one's pillow, advise with one's pillow, rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, crack one's brains, beat one's brains, cudgel one's brains, set one's brain to work, set one's wits to work, harbor an idea, entertain an idea, cherish an idea, nurture an idea, take into one's head, bear in mind, reconsider, occur, present itself, suggest itself, come into one's head, get into one's head, strike one, flit across the view, come uppermost, run in one s head, enter the mind, pass in the mind, cross the mind, flash on the mind, flash across the mind, float in the mind, fasten itself on the mind, be uppermost in the mind, occupy the mind, have in one's mind, make an impression, sink into the mind, penetrate into the mind, engross the thoughts.

Discovery

VB discover, find, determine, evolve, learn, fix upon, pick up, find out, trace out, make out, hunt out, fish out, worm out, ferret out, root out, fathom, bring out, draw out, educe, elicit, bring to light, dig out, grub up, fish up, unearth, disinter, solve, resolve, elucidate, unriddle, unravel, unlock, crack, crack open, pick up, open the lock, find a clue, find clew a to, find the key to the riddle, interpret, disclose, trace, get at, hit it, have it, lay one's finger, lay one's hands upon, spot, get at the truth, arrive at the truth, put the saddle on the right horse, hit the right nail on the head, be near the truth, be warm, get warmer, burn, smoke, scent, sniff, catch a whiff of, smell a rat, open the eyes to, see through, see daylight, see in its true colors, see the cloven foot, detect, catch, catch tripping, pitch upon, fall upon, light upon, hit upon, stumble upon, pop upon, come across, come onto, meet with, meet up with, fall in with, recognize, realize, verify, make certain of, identify, Int, eureka!, aha!, I've got it!.

Belief

VB believe, credit, give faith to, give credit to, credence to, see, realize, assume, receive, set down for, take for, have it, take it, consider, esteem, presume, count upon, depend upon, calculate upon, pin one's faith upon, reckon upon, lean upon, build upon, rely upon, rest upon, lay one's account for, make sure of, make oneself easy about, on that score, take on trust, take on credit, take for granted, take for gospel, allow some weight to, attach some weight to, know, know for certain, have know, make no doubt, doubt not, be, rest assured, persuade oneself, assure oneself, satisfy oneself, make up one's mind, give one credit for, confide in, believe in, put one's trust in, place in, repose in, implicit confidence in, take one's word for, at one's word, place reliance on, rely upon, swear by, regard to, think, hold, take, take it, opine, be of opinion, conceive, trow, ween, fancy, apprehend, have it, hold a belief, possess, entertain a belief, adopt a belief, imbibe a belief, embrace a belief, get hold of a belief, hazard, foster, nurture a belief, cherish a belief, have an opinion, hold an opinion, possess, entertain an opinion, adopt an opinion, imbibe an opinion, embrace an opinion, get hold of an opinion, hazard an opinion, foster an opinion, nurture an opinion, cherish an opinion, view as, consider as, take as, hold as, conceive as, regard as, esteem as, deem as, look upon as, account as, set down as, surmise, get it into one's head, take it into one's head, come round to an opinion, swallow, cause to be believed, satisfy, persuade, have the ear of, gain the confidence of, assure, convince, convict, convert, wean, bring round, bring over, win over, indoctrinate, cram down the throat, produce conviction, carry conviction, bring home to, drive home to, go down, find credence, pass current, be received, be current, possess, take hold of, take possession of the mind.

Knowledge

VB know, ken, scan, wot, wot aware, be aware of, ween, weet, trow, have, possess, conceive, apprehend, comprehend, take, realize, understand, savvy, appreciate, fathom, make out, recognize, discern, perceive, see, get a sight-of, experience, know full well, have some knowledge of, possess some knowledge of, be au courant, have in one's head, have at one' fingers ends, know by heart, know by rote, be master of, connaitre le dessous des cartes, know what's what, see one's way, discover, come to one's knowledge.

Imagination

VB imagine, fancy, conceive, idealize, realize, dream, dream of, dream up, give to airy nothing a local habitation and a name, create, originate, devise, invent, coin, fabricate, improvise, strike out something new, set one's wits to work, strain one's invention, crack one's invention, rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, cudgel one's brains, excogitate, brainstorm, give play, give the reins, give a loose to the imagination, give fancy, indulge in reverie, visualize, envision, conjure up a vision, fancy oneself, represent oneself, picture, picture-oneself, figure to oneself, vorstellen, float in the mind, suggest itself.

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