realize Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb be fully aware or cognizant of
recognise; agnize; recognize; realise; agnise.
verb perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
see; understand; realise.
- Now I see!
- I just can't see your point
- Does she realize how important this decision is?
- I don't understand the idea
verb make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
actualize; substantiate; realise; actualise.
- our ideas must be substantiated into actions
verb earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
earn; bring in; clear; pull in; take in; gain; realise; 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
verb convert into cash; of goods and property
realise.
verb expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass
realise.

Cf. F. réaliser.

imperfect & past participle Realized ; present participle & verbal noun Realizing

To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to accomplish; as, to realize a scheme or project.
We realize what Archimedes had only in hypothesis, weighting a single grain against the globe of earth. Glanvill.
To cause to seem real; to impress upon the mind as actual; to feel vividly or strongly; to make one's own in apprehension or experience.
Many coincidences . . . soon begin to appear in them [Greek inscriptions] which realize ancient history to us. Jowett.

We can not realize it in thought, that the object . . . had really no being at any past moment. Sir W. Hamilton.
To convert into real property; to make real estate of; as, to realize his fortune.
To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get; as, to realize large profits from a speculation.
Knighthood was not beyond the reach of any man who could by diligent thrift realize a good estate. Macaulay.
To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets.

To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc.
Wary men took the alarm, and began to realize, a word now first brought into use to express the conversion of ideal property into something real. W. Irving.