realize

present (v1)

realize

past (v2)

realized

past participle (v3)

realized

present participle

realizing

3rd person singular

realizes

1. 1.To become aware of, understand, or appreciate (a fact or situation, especially something which has been true for some time).

   • He realized that he had left his umbrella on the train.
   • Do you realize that everyone you know someday will die?
   • I realized at once that indescribable quiver in the air of momentous events.

2. 2.To sense (something) strongly or vividly as if real.

   • That any civilized human being in this nineteenth century should not be aware that the earth travelled round the sun appeared to be to me such an extraordinary fact that I could hardly realize it.

3. 3.To cause (something) to seem real; to make realistic; specifically, to present (something) clearly to the mind, a person, (archaic) oneself, etc., so that it seems real.

   • Every action that realizes a dream or desire unrealizes it in reality.
   • Drawings appear fully realized in his mind's eye at a furious rate, before he even picks up his pencil.
   • We explore the theoretical possibilities of realizing a high-fidelity two-qubit quantum operation necessary for the purification protocol with the help of a postselective balanced homodyne photodetection.

4. 4.To convert (something imaginary or planned, as a goal or idea) into reality; to bring into real existence, to make real.

   • The objectives of the project were never fully realized.
   • Rich Death, that realizes all my Cares, / Toils, Virtues, Hopes; vvithout it, a Chimera!

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By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Uncommon

General reading & writing

Common

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Literature

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Synonyms

• recognize

Word family

• real