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The Meaning of realize
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(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.
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(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.
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(v. t.) To convert into real property; to make real estate of; as, to realize his fortune.
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(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.
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(v. t.) To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets.
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(v. i.) To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc.
Synonyms
greet
,
actualize
,
see
,
actualise
,
realise
,
gain
,
recognize
,
recognise
,
earn
,
know
,
clear
,
agnise
,
pick out
,
take in
,
pull in
,
bring in
,
agnize
,
substantiate
,
understand
,
distinguish
,
tell apart
,
make out
,
discern
,
spot
,
accredit
,
make
,
acknowledge
,
experience
,
figure
,
date
,
go out
,
look
,
reckon
,
examine
,
go through
,
read
,
image
,
see to it
,
find
,
go steady
,
construe
,
meet
,
view
,
get word
,
check
,
run across
,
find out
,
ascertain
,
fancy
,
picture
,
translate
,
visualize
,
regard
,
empathize
,
control
,
encounter
,
sympathise
,
assure
,
envision
,
watch
,
sympathize
,
run into
,
infer
,
come across
,
determine
,
get a line
,
take care
,
escort
,
witness
,
get wind
,
ensure
,
attend
,
pick up
,
interpret
,
catch
,
visualise
,
consider
,
empathise
,
learn
,
project
,
visit
,
discover
,
insure
,
hear
,
corroborate
,
support
,
embody
,
confirm
,
sustain
,
incarnate
,
affirm
,
body forth
,
wee-wee
,
cause
,
receive
,
attract
,
arrive at
,
top
,
light up
,
draw
,
stool
,
have
,
solve
,
piddle
,
hold
,
overhear
,
draw in
,
sack
,
cod
,
unclutter
,
absorb
,
clear up
,
invite
,
garner
,
do
,
consume
,
stimulate
,
pull
,
exculpate
,
assimilate
,
sort out
,
defecate
,
lay down
,
bring
,
make water
,
crystalise
,
name
,
pass water
,
exonerate
,
gull
,
make headway
,
crystalize
,
create
,
crap
,
collect
,
get to
,
pretend
,
cook
,
fool
,
suck
,
build
,
authorize
,
assoil
,
adopt
,
gather
,
crystallise
,
straighten out
,
establish
,
pee
,
discharge
,
sop up
,
constitute
,
make up
,
introduce
,
take up
,
give
,
attain
,
urinate
,
take
,
form
,
derive
,
befool
,
benefit
,
net
,
acquit
,
wee
,
ca-ca
,
pull ahead
,
get
,
prepare
,
suck in
,
micturate
,
soak up
,
throw
,
advance
,
profit
,
reach
,
take a shit
,
get ahead
,
illuminate
,
score
,
piss
,
sack up
,
make believe
,
induce
,
dupe
,
ingest
,
brighten
,
put on
,
pee-pee
,
ready
,
shit
,
relieve oneself
,
fetch
,
spend a penny
,
elucidate
,
gather in
,
enlighten
,
puddle
,
take a crap
,
hit
,
produce
,
slang
,
gain ground
,
crystallize
,
acquire
,
suck up
,
move in
,
progress to
,
take a leak
,
authorise
,
get in
,
win
,
put one across
,
pass
,
put one over
,
nominate
,
shed light on
,
work
,
fix
,
imbibe
,
seduce
,
construct
,
accomplish
,
carry out
,
perform
,
achieve
,
carry through
,
effect
,
perpetrate
,
commit
,
execute
,
bring about
,
complete
,
finish
,
transact
,
bring to pass
,
consummate
,
fulfil
,
work out
,
cognize
,
cognise
Antonyms
baffle
,
defeat
,
frustrate
,
miscarry
,
neglect
,
spoil
,
fail
,
mar
,
miss
,
ruin
,
come short
,
destroy
Homophones
realise
Rhymes
accessorize
,
actualize
,
advertise
,
advise
,
africanize
,
aggrandize
,
agonize
,
ais
,
allies
,
alphabetize
,
aluminize
,
americanize
,
amortize
,
analyze
,
anglicize
,
antagonize
,
apologize
,
applies
,
apprise
,
arise
,
authorize
,
ayes
,
balkanize
,
baptize
,
bies
,
bise
,
bitesize
,
brize
,
brutalize
,
burglarize
,
butterflies
,
buys
,
cannibalize
,
canonize
,
capitalize
,
capsize
,
caramelize
,
carbonize
,
catalyze
,
categorize
,
centralize
,
characterize
,
chastise
,
christianize
,
circularize
,
circumcise
,
civilize
,
clockwise
,
collateralize
,
collectivize
,
colonize
,
colorize
,
commercialize
,
communize
,
compartmentalize
,
complies
,
comprise
,
compromise
,
computerize
,
containerize
,
creolize
,
cries
,
crise
,
criticize
,
crosswise
,
crystallize
,
customize
,
decentralize
,
decries
,
decriminalize
,
deemphasize
,
deffeyes
,
defies
,
demilitarize
,
demise
,
demobilize
,
democratize
,
demonize
,
demoralize
,
denationalize
,
departmentalize
,
depersonalize
,
depressurize
,
deputize
,
desensitize
,
despise
,
destabilize
,
devise
,
digitize
,
dise
,
disenfranchise
,
disguise
,
disorganize
,
dramatize
,
dries
,
duis
,
dyes
,
economize
,
edgewise
,
editorialize
,
eis
,
empathize
,
emphasize
,
emprise
,
energize
,
enfranchise
,
enterprise
,
epitomize
,
equalize
,
eulogize
,
evangelize
,
exercise
,
eyes
,
familiarize
,
fantasize
,
federalize
,
fertilize
,
fictionalize
,
finalize
,
flies
,
formalize
,
fossilize
,
franchise
,
fraternize
,
fries
,
gadflies
,
galvanize
,
generalize
,
glamorize
,
globalize
,
goodbyes
,
grise
,
guise
,
guys
,
harmonize
,
hellenize
,
highs
,
hise
,
homogenize
,
hospitalize
,
humanize
,
hybridize
,
hydrolyze
,
hypnotize
,
hypothesize
,
idealize
,
idolize
,
immobilize
,
immunize
,
implies
,
improvise
,
incise
,
industrialize
,
initialize
,
internalize
,
internationalize
,
ionize
,
itemize
,
jeopardize
,
kleis
,
knies
,
krise
,
kyes
,
legalize
,
legitimize
,
lengthwise
,
levis
,
liberalize
,
lies
,
likewise
,
lionize
,
lise
,
localize
,
lullabies
,
marginalize
,
marseilles
,
materialize
,
maximize
,
mechanize
,
memorialize
,
memorize
,
merchandise
,
mesmerize
,
metabolize
,
mies
,
militarize
,
mineralize
,
miniaturize
,
minimize
,
mize
,
mobilize
,
modernize
,
monopolize
,
moralize
,
motorize
,
nationalize
,
naturalize
,
neutralize
,
nies
,
normalize
,
nuys
,
optimize
,
organize
,
ostracize
,
otherwise
,
outsize
,
overemphasize
,
oversize
,
oxidize
,
panelize
,
paralyze
,
pasteurize
,
pastoralize
,
patronize
,
penalize
,
personalize
,
pint-size
,
plagiarize
,
polarize
,
politicize
,
polymerize
,
popularize
,
pressurize
,
pries
,
prioritize
,
prise
,
privatize
,
prize
,
professionalize
,
propagandize
,
proselytize
,
publicize
,
pulverize
,
rabbis
,
randomize
,
rationalize
,
reauthorize
,
recapitalize
,
recognize
,
reemphasize
,
regionalize
,
relies
,
remerchandise
,
renationalize
,
reorganize
,
replies
,
reprise
,
revise
,
revitalize
,
revolutionize
,
rhapsodize
,
ries
,
rise
,
romanticize
,
rubberize
,
samurais
,
sanitize
,
satirize
,
scandalize
,
schleis
,
scrutinize
,
seise
,
sensationalize
,
sensitize
,
serialize
,
shies
,
sidewise
,
sighs
,
size
,
skies
,
socialize
,
soliloquize
,
sonrise
,
specialize
,
stabilize
,
standardize
,
sterilize
,
stigmatize
,
stylize
,
subsidize
,
suburbanize
,
summarize
,
sunrise
,
supervise
,
supplies
,
surmise
,
surprise
,
symbolize
,
sympathize
,
synchronize
,
synthesize
,
tantalize
,
televise
,
temporize
,
terrorize
,
thais
,
theis
,
theorize
,
thighs
,
ties
,
tranquilize
,
traumatize
,
tries
,
trivialize
,
undercapitalize
,
underlies
,
unionize
,
unwise
,
urbanize
,
utilize
,
vandalize
,
vaporize
,
verbalize
,
vies
,
visualize
,
westernize
,
winterize
,
wise
,
womanize
,
wyse