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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

gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realise, pull in, bring in, net, sack, sack up

verb, as in perceive (an idea or situation) mentally

understand, realise, see, visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, figure, picture, image

verb, as in be fully aware or cognizant of

recognize, recognise, realise, agnize, agnise

verb, as in make real or concrete; give reality or substance to

realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate

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

1

earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages“How much do you make a month in your new job?”

2

perceive (an idea or situation) mentally“Now I see!”

3

be fully aware or cognizant of

4

make real or concrete; give reality or substance to“our ideas must be substantiated into actions”

5

convert into cash; of goods and property

6

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

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of realize

as a verb

past tense
realized
present participle
realizing
third-person singular
realizes