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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RE'ALIZE, v.t.
1. To bring into being or act; as, to realize a scheme or project.
We realize what Archimedes had only in hypothesis, weighing a single grain of sand against the globe of earth.
2. To convert money into land, or personal into real estate.
3. To impress on the mind as a reality; to believe, consider or treat as real. How little do men in full health realize their frailty and mortality.
Let the sincere christian realize the closing sentiment.
4. To bring home to one's own case or experience; to consider as one's own; to feel in all its force. Who, at his fire side, can realize the distress of shipwrecked mariners?
This allusion must have had enhanced strength and beauty to the eye of a nation extensively devoted to a pastoral life, and therefore realizing all its fine scenes and the tender emotions to which they gave birth.
5. To bring into actual existence and possession; to render tangible or effective. He never realized much profit from his trade or speculations.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: be fully aware or cognizant of [syn: recognize, recognise, realize, realise, agnize, agnise]
2: 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]
3: make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions" [syn: realize, realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate]
4: 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]
5: convert into cash; of goods and property [syn: realize, realise]
6: expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass [syn: realize, realise]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-ized; -izing) Etymology: French réaliser, from Middle French realiser, from real real Date: circa 1611 1. a. to bring into concrete existence ; accomplish <finally realized her goal> b. to cause to seem real ; make appear real <a book in which the characters are carefully realized> 2. a. to convert into actual money <realized assets> b. to bring or get by sale, investment, or effort ; gain <realized a large profit> 3. to conceive vividly as real ; be fully aware of <did not realize the risk she was taking> Synonyms: see think • realizable adjective • realizer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (also -ise) 1 (often foll. by that + clause) be fully aware of; conceive as real. 2 understand clearly. 3 present as real; make realistic; give apparent reality to (the story was powerfully realized on stage). 4 convert into actuality; achieve (realized a childhood dream). 5 a convert into money. b acquire (profit). c be sold for (a specified price). 6 Mus. reconstruct (a part) in full from a figured bass. Derivatives: realizable adj. realizability n. realization n. realizer n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Realize Re"al*ize, v. t. 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. --W. Irving.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Realize Re"al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Realized; p. pr. & vb. n. Realizing.] [Cf. F. r['e]aliser.] 1. To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to accomplish; as, to realize a scheme or project. We realize what Archimedes had only in hypothesis, weighting a single grain against the globe of earth. --Glanvill. 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. --Jowett. We can not realize it in thought, that the object . . . had really no being at any past moment. --Sir W. Hamilton. 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. --Macaulay. 5. To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(realizes, realizing, realized) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: in BRIT, also use 'realise' 1. If you realize that something is true, you become aware of that fact or understand it. As soon as we realised something was wrong, we moved the children away... People don't realize how serious this recession has actually been... Once they realised their mistake the phone was reconnected again... 'That's my brother.'—'Oh, I hadn't realized.' VERB: V that, V wh, V n, V • realization (realizations) There is now a growing realisation that things cannot go on like this for much longer... He nearly cried out at the sudden realization of how much Randall looked like him. N-VAR: usu N that, N of n 2. If your hopes, desires, or fears are realized, the things that you hope for, desire, or fear actually happen. Straightaway our worst fears were realised... VERB: usu passive, be V-ed • realization ...the realization of his worst fears. N-UNCOUNT: oft the N of n 3. When someone realizes a design or an idea, they make or organize something based on that design or idea. (FORMAL) Various textile techniques will be explored to realise design possibilities... VERB: V n 4. If someone or something realizes their potential, they do everything they are capable of doing, because they have been given the opportunity to do so. The support systems to enable women to realize their potential at work are seriously inadequate... = achieve VERB: V n 5. If something realizes a particular amount of money when it is sold, that amount of money is paid for it. (FORMAL) A selection of correspondence from P G Wodehouse realised £1,232. VERB: V n • realization I have taken this course solely to assist the realisation of my assets for the benefit of all my creditors. N-VAR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Effect, effectuate, accomplish, perform, bring into being or act, work out, bring to pass. 2. Make real, consider as real, bring home to one's self, feel strongly. 3. Make certain, substantiate. 4. Earn, gain, acquire, get.

Moby Thesaurus

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