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/rˈiəlˌaɪz/ Listen

verb

Realize v. t. (past & past part. realized; pres. part. realizing)

1.

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. "We realize what Archimedes had only in hypothesis, weighing a single grain against the globe of earth."

2.

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. "Many coincidences... soon begin to appear in them (Greek inscriptions) which realize ancient history to us." "We can not realize it in thought, that the object... had really no being at any past moment."

3.

To convert into real property; to make real estate of; as, to realize his fortune.

4.

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. "Knighthood was not beyond the reach of any man who could by diligent thrift realize a good estate."

5.

To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets.

Realize v. i. To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc. "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."

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"Realize" Quotes from Famous Books

... well as he, by the turn of affairs; her distress managed to keep her awake of nights, especially when she began to realize there was no escape from consequences. That usually pleasant word "brother" became unbearable to her; she began to despise it. To him, the word "sister" was the foundation for ...

— Nedra • George Barr McCutcheon

... presumption had hidden a real desire to find among them the hero to whom his man's worship of courage and greatness could have been dedicated. He was too young—and especially too young in worldly wisdom—to realize that the outside man is not of necessity the man himself. He merely felt, as each wooden face confronted his own, that here was surely no Great Man, no Hero. Only when it came to the civilians his eyes rested with some degree of satisfaction ...

— The Native Born - or, The Rajah's People • I. A. R. Wylie

... You dont realize it; but if you fire a rifle into a German he drops just as surely as a ...

— Press Cuttings • George Bernard Shaw

... realize that Emily would never be well again, that she would never romp over the rocks with Bob in the summer or ride with him on the sledge when he took the dogs to haul wood in the winter. There would be no more merry laughter as she played about the cabin. ...

— Ungava Bob - A Winter's Tale • Dillon Wallace

... out, his face twisted sourly. He said now, "You misunderstand. I realize that the military's the only quick way of getting a bounce in caste. I wish I'd figured that out sooner, before I made a trade out of the one I was born into, Communications. It's too late now, I'm into my forties with a busted marriage but the proud papa of a kid." He twisted his face ...

— Frigid Fracas • Dallas McCord Reynolds

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