realise Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
   earn; bring in; clear; pull in; take in; gain; realize; make.
   
   • How much do you make a month in your new job?
   • She earns a lot in her new job
   • this merger brought in lots of money
   • He clears $5,000 each month
2. verb convert into cash; of goods and property
   realize.
   
3. verb expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass
   realize.
   
4. verb make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
   actualize; substantiate; realize; actualise.
   
   • our ideas must be substantiated into actions
5. verb be fully aware or cognizant of
   recognise; agnize; recognize; agnise; realize.
   
6. verb perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
   see; understand; realize.
   
   • Now I see!
   • I just can't see your point
   • Does she realize how important this decision is?
   • I don't understand the idea

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