realize

realize

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English

Alternative forms

  • realise (non-Oxford British spelling)

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.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹi.ə.laɪz/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɪə.laɪz/
  • Hyphenation: re‧al‧ize

Verb

realize (third-person singular simple present realizes, present participle realizing, simple past and past participle realized)

  1. (slightly formal, transitive) To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into reality; to bring into real existence
    Synonyms: accomplish, actualize, materialize
    Coordinate term: reify
  2. (transitive) To become aware of (a fact or situation, especially of something that has been true for a long time).
    • 2002, The Flaming Lips, Do You Realize??
      Do you realize that everyone you know someday will die?
  3. (transitive) To cause to seem real to other people.
  4. (transitive) To sense vividly or strongly; to make one's own in thought or experience.
  5. (transitive, business) To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get
  6. (transitive, business, finance) To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, such as shares, bonds, etc.
  7. (transitive, business, obsolete) To convert into real property; to make real estate of.
  8. (transitive, linguistics) To turn an abstract linguistic object into actual language, especially said of a phoneme's conversion into speech sound.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • realizable
  • realization
  • realizer

Related terms

  • real
  • realism
  • realistic
  • reality

Translations

References

  • “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): /ʁealize/

Verb

realize (medial form realiz)

  1. to realize.

Related terms

  • realizasion
  • realizater

Portuguese

Verb

realize

  1. inflection of realizar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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