English Online Dictionary. What means realize? What does realize mean?
English
Etymology
From real (adjective) + -ize (suffix denoting the making of what is indicated by the word it is attached to), possibly modelled after French réaliser, Middle French réaliser (“to make real; to convert (something) into assets or cash”), from real (“actual, real”) + -iser (suffix denoting the making of what is indicated by the word it is attached to). Real is derived from Old French reel, from Latin reālis (“actual, real”), from rēs (“deed; event; matter; thing”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“goods; wealth”)) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɪə.laɪz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹi.(ə)ˌlaɪz/
- Hyphenation: re‧al‧ize
Verb
realize (third-person singular simple present realizes, present participle realizing, simple past and past participle realized) (American and Oxford British spelling)
- (transitive)
- (originally chiefly Canada, US)
- To become aware of, understand, or appreciate (a fact or situation, especially something which has been true for some time).
- To sense (something) strongly or vividly as if real.
- To become aware of, understand, or appreciate (a fact or situation, especially something which has been true for some time).
- 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.
- Antonym: derealize
- (chiefly passive voice, slightly formal) To convert (something imaginary or planned, as a goal or idea) into reality; to bring into real existence, to make real. [from early 17th c.]
- Antonym: disrealize
- Coordinate term: reify
- Near-synonyms: implement, execute; actualize, materialize, embody; accomplish
- (reflexive) To achieve (one's) potential.
- (business, finance)
- 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.
- 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.
- Of an asset or property: to generate (a specific amount of money or interest) when invested or sold.
- 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.
- (linguistics) To turn (an abstract linguistic object, especially a phoneme) into a speech sound actually used in a language.
- (mathematics) To obtain an entity from (an abstract group or structure).
- (music)
- To arrange (a musical work written for a single performer) to be performed by an orchestra; to orchestrate.
- To complete (a musical work which is incomplete or not fully notated).
- Chiefly in Baroque music: to play an accompaniment, harmonies, etc., based on (a figured bass).
- (obsolete, US) To have an actual or real experience of (something).
- (originally chiefly Canada, US)
- (intransitive)
- To become aware of or understand a fact or situation.
- To cause to seem real; to make realistic.
- (business, finance)
- To convert an asset or property into a more easily usable form such as money.
- Followed by on or upon: to acquire money or a profit from the sale of an asset or property.
- (obsolete) With an adverb like badly or well: of an asset or property being sold: to generate little or a lot of money.
- To convert an asset or property into a more easily usable form such as money.
Conjugation
Alternative forms
- realise (non-Oxford British spelling)
Derived terms
Related terms
- real
- realism
- realistic
- reality
Descendants
- → Portuguese: realizar (“to realize, become aware of”) (semantic loan)
Translations
References
Further reading
- realization (figured bass) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- realization (linguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- self-realization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- realization (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “realize”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “realize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French réaliser.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɰealize/
Verb
realize (medial form realiz)
- to realize.
Related terms
- realizasion
- realizater
Portuguese
Verb
realize
- inflection of realizar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative