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realize
[ ree-uh-lahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to grasp or understand clearly.
Synonyms: comprehend, conceive
Antonyms: misunderstand
- to make real; give reality to (a hope, fear, plan, etc.).
Synonyms: effect, accomplish
- to bring vividly to the mind.
- to convert into cash or money:
to realize securities.
- to obtain as a profit or income for oneself by trade, labor, or investment.
- to bring as proceeds, as from a sale:
The goods realized $1000.
- Music. to sight-read on a keyboard instrument or write out in notation the full harmony and ornamentation indicated by (a figured bass).
- Linguistics. to serve as an instance, representation, or embodiment of (an abstract linguistic element or category):
In “Jack tripped,” the subject is realized by “Jack,” the predicate by “tripped,” and the past tense by “-ed.”
verb (used without object)
- to convert property or goods into cash or money.
realize
/ ˈrɪəˌlaɪz /
verb
- when tr, may take a clause as object to become conscious or aware of (something)
- tr, often passive to bring (a plan, ambition, etc) to fruition; make actual or concrete
- tr to give (something, such as a drama or film) the appearance of reality
- tr (of goods, property, etc) to sell for or make (a certain sum)
this table realized £800
- tr to convert (property or goods) into cash
- tr of a musicologist or performer
- to expand or complete (a thorough-bass part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass
- to reconstruct (a composition) from an incomplete set of parts
- to sound or utter (a phoneme or other speech sound) in actual speech; articulate
Derived Forms
- ˈrealˌizer, noun
- ˌrealiˈzation, noun
- ˈrealˌizable, adjective
- ˈrealˌizably, adverb
Other Words From
- re·al·iz·a·ble adjective
- re·al·iz·a·bil·i·ty [ree-, uh, -lahyz-, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], re·al·iz·a·ble·ness noun
- re·al·iz·a·bly adverb
- re·al·iz·er noun
- hy·per·re·al·ize verb (used with object) hyperrealized hyperrealizing
- non·re·al·iz·a·ble adjective
- non·re·al·iz·ing adjective
- pre·re·al·ize verb (used with object) prerealized prerealizing
- un·der·re·al·ize verb (used with object) underrealized underrealizing
- un·re·al·ize verb (used with object) unrealized unrealizing
Word History and Origins
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
An empowered Cher realized: "I don't have to jump off. I can just leave him."
That dream lasted just two college seasons before Laferriere realized his other dream, which was signing a professional contract.
While recovering, he realized what he wanted to do with his life.
"This was the first time I realized what an enormous task it was to take a piece of desolated desert and turn it into a blooming oasis," Zer writes.
"And then we realized that nowadays, it's not just the data sets that are large, but the models being deployed are also getting large. So, we could also use our algorithm to compress these models."
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