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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" [syn: gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in]
2: convert into cash; of goods and property [syn: realize, realise]
3: expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass [syn: realize, realise]
4: make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions" [syn: realize, realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate]
5: be fully aware or cognizant of [syn: recognize, recognise, realize, realise, agnize, agnise]
6: perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea" [syn: understand, realize, realise, see]

Merriam Webster's

chiefly British variant of realize

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see realize