Realize
['riːəlaɪz] or ['rɪrlaɪz]
Definition
(verb.) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; 'our ideas must be substantiated into actions'.
(verb.) expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass.
(verb.) convert into cash; of goods and property.
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Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To convert into real property; to make real estate of; as, to realize his fortune.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets.
(v. i.) To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Effect, accomplish, perform, bring into being or act, work out, bring to pass.[2]. Make real, consider as real, bring home to one's self.[3]. Earn, gain, acquire, get.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Substantiate, effectuate, accomplish, exhibit, produce, acquire, gain, reap,make, verify, conceive
ANT:Lose, miss, invalidate, dissipate, misrepresent, falsify, neutralize,misconceive
Typist: Wesley
Examples
- There seem to be two great aims in the philosophy of Plato,--first, to realize abstractions; secondly, to connect them. Plato. The Republic.
- When people realize how bad it is they cannot do anything to stop it because they go crazy. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- We have said that Innocent III never seemed to realize that his ward, Frederick II, was growing up. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is not the daughter of Cadmus I see, nor do I realize her fatal longing to look on Jove in the majesty of his god-head. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You do not realize how strong they are. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It is no sandy plain, nor any circumscribed and scant oasis I seem to realize. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Between 1532 and 1535 the insurgents held the town of Münster in Westphalia, and did their utmost to realize their ideas of a religious communism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mr. Sprague realized the trouble, quickly threw off the current and stopped the engine. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Scientists in both England and America had realized the possibility of the telegraph before Morse built his first working outfit in his rooms on Washington Square. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Men began to doubt whether the new engine could ever be made to accomplish what Watt claimed for it, but although he realized the difficulties the inventor would not allow himself to doubt. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I had not realized it was so broken up. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Tarzan realized now what was the meaning of their visit to the police officer. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- She realized the spell that had been upon her in the depths of that far-off jungle, but there was no spell of enchantment now in prosaic Wisconsin. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The study of apparatus for obtaining more perfect vacua was unceasingly carried on, for Edison realized that in this there lay a potent factor of ultimate success. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The trouble was that without realizing it I too had been in search of the philosopher's stone. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The question is now as to its status as a means of realizing something else, which is then the invaluable of that situation. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- More men are capable of realizing this than was ever possible at any previous time. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- After a time Faust, realizing perhaps that Gutenberg was in reality the inventor of the art which he was beginning to find so lucrative, came to him, and asked his forgiveness. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It all depends upon the context of perceived connections in which it is placed; the reach of imagination in realizing connections is inexhaustible. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The burden of realizing the intellectual possibilities inhering in work is thus thrown back on the school. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Realizing how men and women feel at all levels and at different places, he must speak their discontent and project their hopes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He never realizes, never can, never will, what I suffer, and have, for years. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- This is what Noah says when he wakes out of drunkenness and realizes that his youngest son, Ham, father of Canaan, has seen him naked. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Mr. Edison claims that he realizes 90 per cent. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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