realize
/ɹˈiʌlˌaɪz/verb3 syllables
Realize means: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages.
Synonyms for realize28
verb, as in earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
verb, as in perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
verb, as in make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
verb, as in convert into cash; of goods and property
verb, as in expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass
What does realize mean?6
verb
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages“How much do you make a month in your new job?”
perceive (an idea or situation) mentally“Now I see!”
be fully aware or cognizant of
make real or concrete; give reality or substance to“our ideas must be substantiated into actions”
convert into cash; of goods and property
expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Realize in a sentence
- Procrastination is like masturbation, it's fun until you realize you're just fucking yourself.MUIRIEL
- Very fat people waddle when they walk, though few of them realize it.Source_Benedict_1921
- Do you realize the fact that we, generally speaking, are drowning?astyng
- You realize what we have to do, don't you?CK
- You really don't realize what's happening, do you?CK
- The more we learn, the better we realize our ignorance.Zifre
- The more we learn, the more we realize how little we know.Zifre
- Sadly, she died before she could realize her dream.Hybrid
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Forms of realize
as a verb
- past tense
- realized
- present participle
- realizing
- third-person singular
- realizes