realize
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
entertainment
finance
human-sciences
lifestyle
linguistics
mathematics
music
sciences
Etymology: PIE word
 *reh₁ís
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der.
Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís
Proto-Italic *reis
Latin rēs
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Late Latin -ālis
Late Latin reālisder.
Old French reelbor.
Middle English real
English real
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English realize
From real (adjective) + -ize (suffix denoting the making of what is indicated by the word it is attached to), possibly modelled after French réaliser, Middle French réaliser (“to make real; to convert (something) into assets or cash”), from real (“actual, real”) + -iser (suffix denoting the making of what is indicated by the word it is attached to). Real is derived from Old French reel, from Latin reālis (“actual, real”), from rēs (“deed; event; matter; thing”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“goods; wealth”)) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship).
Base: real
Affixes: -ize
Inflected forms:
form: realizes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: realizing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: realized
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: realized
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: realize
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: realize
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: realized
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: realize
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: realizest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: realized
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: realizedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: realizes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: realizeth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: realized
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: realize
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: realized
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: realize
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: realized
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: realize
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: realizing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: realized
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: realise
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To become aware of, understand, or appreciate (a fact or situation, especially something which has been true for some time).
pos: verb
tags: US
transitive
examples: He realized that he had left his umbrella on the train.
She desperately yelled at her young daughter, frantic to make her realize what she had done.
[S]he cannot realize the change we must undergo. She has no idea of poverty but in the abstract: she has only read of it in poetry, where it is allied to love.
But Scott, unaccountable as it seems, evidently failed to realize how far superior is Clara Mowbray [in Saint Ronan's Well] to all his other heroines of the same rank or class.
Have faith in God! He shall dispose thy lot, / Nor weep for woe thou realisest not: / They shall precede thee to the better land, / And meet and greet thee on its joyful strand.
For so bight and placid was the farewell voyage of the little spirit [of a child], […] that it was impossible to realize that it was death that was approaching.
Utterly helpleſs, thou wert ſinking for ever, and realiſedſt not the fearfulneſs of thy poſition, for thus wert thou born and nurtured.
No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.
Praise be to God! thou realizest that wine / is a juice that frees the heart from a hundred pains.
SHE wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realising that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.
I realized at once that indescribable quiver in the air of momentous events.
And for the first time she realised what it was to escape from the smallish perfection of England, into the grander imperfection of a great continent.
[…] Uxbridge thought it could safely ignore the railway[…]. Like many other towns which adopted similar tactics, Uxbridge soon realised its mistake.
Do you realize that everyone you know someday will die?
In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan the windows and realise there are plenty of spare seats, so I hop aboard. The train is a '221'+'220' combo to allow for social distancing – a luxury on an XC train as normally you're playing sardines, so I make the most of it.
gloss: To sense (something) strongly or vividly as if real.
pos: verb
tags: US
transitive
examples: Over the mind of the tourist, visiting the Old World for the first time,—countries where have transpired thrilling events recorded in history, what an immensity of thought and feeling sweeps! It was thus with Natalie; she could not realize that she was treading in the footsteps of royalty, who living in long past days, had held sway over this land, had looked upon this land of "merrie England" as their home.
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.
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Its true that Faith may be ſaid, as you ſpeak, to Realize ſalvation to the Soul; that is, vvhen the Soul doubteth vvhether there be indeed ſuch a Glory and Salvation to be expected and enjoyed by Believers, as Chriſt hath promiſed, here Faith apprehendeth it as Real or Certain, and ſo reſolves the doubt.
[T]rue Faith is ſuch as realizeth Things abſent, remote and future. That it is not the nearneſs of a thing makes it real; but Faith ſeeth a Thing to be real, though afar off; vvhen vve are apt to judge many times of the reality of things, becauſe they are near.
[I]t vvas ſo vvarm in my Imagination, and ſo realiz'd to me, that to the Hour I ſavv them, I could not be perſuaded, but that it vvas or vvould be true; […]
[F]aith realiſeth the ſufferings of Chriſt; it looks upon Chriſt as the common treaſury of all grace, as the principle of life, and root of holineſs.
The terror they [apprehensions] gave me, ſeveral times avvakened me; but ſtill, as I cloſed my eyes, I fell into them again. VVhence, my dear, proceed theſe ideal vagaries, vvhich, for the time, realize pain or pleaſure to us, according to their hue or complexion, or rather according to our ovvn?
PUFF. But take care, my dear Dangle, the morning gun is going to fire. [Cannon fires.] / DANGLE. VVell, that vvill have a fine effect. / PUFF. I think ſo, and helps to realize the ſcene.— […]
All joy or ſorrovv for the happineſs or calamities of others, is produced by an act of the imagination, that realiſes the event hovvever fictitious, or approximates it hovvever remote, by placing us for a time in the condition of him vvhoſe fortune vve comtemplate; […]
The child realizes to every man his own earliest remembrance, and so supplies a defect in our education, or enables us to live over the unconscious history with a sympathy so tender as to be almost personal experience.
The broken form in which the older Greek inscriptions have been preserved to us, though impairing, is far from destroying their value. […] Many coincidences, slight as well as important, soon begin to appear in them which realize ancient history to us.
Drawings appear fully realized in his mind's eye at a furious rate, before he even picks up his pencil.
Every action that realizes a dream or desire unrealizes it in reality.
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.
gloss: To convert (something imaginary or planned, as a goal or idea) into reality; to bring into real existence, to make real.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Near-synonyms: implement, execute; actualize, materialize, embody; accomplish
The objectives of the project were never fully realized.
The Apoſtle ſaith, That by Adam ſinne entred into the vvorld. It ſufficeth to knovv; That God, by juſt imputation, realizeth the infection into the vvhole race of Adam; in vvhom vve vvere as in a common Lumpe, and in his leaven ſovvred: […]
[I]f vve defæcate the notion from materiality, […] it vvill be as hard to apprehend, as that an empty vviſh ſhould remove Mountains: a ſuppoſition vvhich if realized, vvould relieve Siſyphus.
[W]e realize vvhat Archimedes had only in Hypotheſis; vveighing a ſingle grain againſt the Globe of Earth.
Rich Death, that realizes all my Cares, / Toils, Virtues, Hopes; vvithout it, a Chimera!
The mention of his gentleman led us to talk of the VVeſtern Iſlands of Scotland, to viſit vvhich he expreſſed a vviſh that then appeared to me a very romantick fancy, vvhich I little thought vvould be aftervvards realized.
[…] I pleaſe myſelf vvith a viſionary anticipation of the future, vvhen my Charles vvill have finiſh'd his apprenticeſhip. […] I ſee him beloved and admired, by all; the honour and pattern of his juvenile contemporaries. O my ſon! hovv happy canſt thou make thy father! in vvhat an ecſtaſy vvilt thou transport him, if thou realizeſt this!
At this very moment when she had undergone her most sublimated allegorical evaporation, his instinct as poet, which never failed him, realized her into woman again in those scenes of almost unapproached pathos which make the climax of his Purgatorio.
gloss: To achieve (one's) potential.
pos: verb
tags: reflexive
transitive
gloss: To convert (an asset or property, especially investments such as bonds, shares, etc.) into a more easily usable form such as money, especially by selling the asset or property.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: By realizing the company’s assets, the liquidator was able to return most of the shareholders’ investments.
Profits from the investment can be realized at any time by selling the shares.
A dealer doing a large amount of business, and turning over his capital rapidly, has but a small portion of it in ready money at any one time. […] [W]hen he retires from business it is into money that he converts the whole, and not until then does he deem himself to have realized his gains: […]
[H]is client was willing to realize most of his assets in order to provide for his wife and eldest daughter.
gloss: To acquire (money, a profit, etc.) by selling an asset or property, through trade, etc.; also (followed by on), to make (money or a profit) on an investment, a venture, etc.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to realize large profits from a speculation
The tvvo Perſons here mentioned vvere of Quality, each of vvhom in the time of the Miſſiſipi deſpis'd to realize above three hundred thouſand pounds.
Knighthood was not beyond the reach of any man who could by diligent thrift realise a good estate.
Rodney explained that he knew I cared about the things, and was proud of them, but he'd always supposed I meant to "realize" on them, just as he did, and that it would come to money in the end.
gloss: Of an asset or property: to generate (a specific amount of money or interest) when invested or sold.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To turn (an abstract linguistic object, especially a phoneme) into a speech sound actually used in a language.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The southern /v/ is realized as the voiced approximant [ʋ].
The phonetic realization of schwa varies; […] Many (probably most) speakers realize it as [ø] or [œ] in other contexts as well. In Midi French, schwa is realized more frequently than in northern varieties, including in word-final position, where it generally (but not always) corresponds to etymological /ə/.
gloss: To obtain an entity from (an abstract group or structure).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To arrange (a musical work written for a single performer) to be performed by an orchestra; to orchestrate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To complete (a musical work which is incomplete or not fully notated).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: Chiefly in Baroque music: to play an accompaniment, harmonies, etc., based on (a figured bass).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To have an actual or real experience of (something).
pos: verb
tags: US
obsolete
transitive
gloss: To become aware of or understand a fact or situation.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To cause to seem real; to make realistic.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: [Johann Wolfgang von] Goethe never sculptured an Apollo, nor painted a Madonna. He gives us only sinful Magdalens and rampant Fauns. He does not so much idealize as realize.
gloss: To convert an asset or property into a more easily usable form such as money.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: A lucky purchase which he had made of shares in a copper-mine added very considerably to his wealth, and he realised with great prudence while this mine was still at its full vogue.
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.
gloss: Followed by on or upon: to acquire money or a profit from the sale of an asset or property.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: With an adverb like badly or well: of an asset or property being sold: to generate little or a lot of money.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
examples: The estate is expected to realize well as it comprises many valuable assets.
Related words: real
realism
realistic
reality
Derived words: derealize
disrealize
hyperrealize
outrealize
realizability
realizable
realization
realized
realizee
realizer
realizing
realizingly
underrealized
unrealize
unrealized
unrealized
unrealizedness
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: أَدْرَكَ
roman: ʔadraka
lang: Armenian
word: հասկանալ
roman: haskanal
lang: Azerbaijani
word: anlamaq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: dərk etmək
lang: Basque
word: konturatu
lang: Belarusian
word: усвядоміць
roman: usvjadómicʹ
lang: Bulgarian
word: осъзнавам
roman: osǎznavam
lang: Bulgarian
word: разбирам
roman: razbiram
lang: Catalan
word: adonar-se
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 意識到 /意识到
roman: yìshí dào
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 發現 /发现
roman: fāxiàn
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: uhisi
lang: Czech
word: uvědomit si
lang: Danish
word: indse
lang: Dutch
word: beseffen
lang: Dutch
word: inzien
lang: Dutch
word: zich realiseren
lang: Esperanto
word: ekkompreni
lang: Esperanto
word: ekkonscii
lang: Estonian
word: aru saama
lang: Estonian
word: taipama
lang: Finnish
word: älytä
lang: Finnish
word: hoksata
lang: Finnish
word: huomata
lang: Finnish
word: tajuta
lang: Finnish
word: ymmärtää
lang: French
word: réaliser
lang: French
word: se rendre compte
lang: French
word: prendre conscience
lang: Galician
word: decatar
lang: German
word: realisieren
lang: German
word: erkennen
lang: German
word: feststellen
lang: German
word: sich bewusst werden
lang: Greek
word: αντιλαμβάνομαι
roman: antilamvánomai
lang: Greek
word: διαπιστώνω
roman: diapistóno
lang: Greek
word: συνειδητοποιώ
roman: syneiditopoió
lang: Hebrew
word: גילה
roman: gilá
lang: Hebrew
word: הבין
roman: hevín
lang: Hebrew
word: התוודע
roman: hitvadéa
lang: Hungarian
word: eszébe jut
lang: Hungarian
word: észrevesz
lang: Hungarian
word: felismer
lang: Hungarian
word: rádöbben
lang: Hungarian
word: ráébred
lang: Hungarian
word: ráeszmél
lang: Hungarian
word: rájön
lang: Icelandic
word: átta sig á
lang: Icelandic
word: fatta
lang: Icelandic
word: gera sér grein fyrir
lang: Icelandic
word: gera sér ljóst
lang: Icelandic
word: komast að raun um
lang: Ingrian
word: hoomata
lang: Italian
word: accorgersi
lang: Italian
word: rendersi conto
lang: Japanese
word: 気付く
roman: kizuku
lang: Japanese
word: 悟る
roman: satoru
lang: Khmer
word: ដឹងខ្លួន
roman: dəŋ kluən
lang: Khmer
word: ភ្ញាក់
roman: pɲeak
lang: Korean
word: 깨닫다
roman: kkaedatda
lang: Ladin
word: se rënder cont
lang: Ladino
word: meter en tino
lang: Ladino
word: renderse kuento
lang: Latin
word: reperio
lang: Latin
word: sentio
lang: Lithuanian
word: suvokti
lang: Māori
word: huatau
lang: Māori
word: wheriko
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: innsjå
lang: Polish
word: spostrzegać
lang: Polish
word: spostrzec
lang: Polish
word: uświadamiać sobie
lang: Polish
word: uświadomić sobie
lang: Polish
word: zdawać sobie sprawę
lang: Polish
word: zdać sobie sprawę
lang: Portuguese
word: dar-se conta
lang: Portuguese
word: notar
lang: Portuguese
word: perceber
lang: Romanian
word: realiza
lang: Russian
word: осознава́ть
roman: osoznavátʹ
lang: Russian
word: осозна́ть
roman: osoznátʹ
lang: Russian
word: отдава́ть себе́ отчёт
roman: otdavátʹ sebé otčót
lang: Russian
word: отда́ть себе́ отчёт
roman: otdátʹ sebé otčót
lang: Russian
word: понима́ть
roman: ponimátʹ
lang: Russian
word: поня́ть
roman: ponjátʹ
lang: Spanish
word: realizar
lang: Spanish
word: apiolarse [de]
lang: Spanish
word: percatarse [de]
lang: Spanish
word: coscarse [de]
lang: Spanish
word: caer en la cuenta [de]
lang: Spanish
word: darse cuenta [de]
lang: Spanish
word: caer en cuenta [de]
lang: Spanish
word: dar en ello
lang: Spanish
word: acordar
lang: Spanish
word: captar
lang: Spanish
word: caer el veinte [de]
lang: Swedish
word: att)
lang: Tagalog
word: mapansin
lang: Tagalog
word: matanto
lang: Tamil
word: உணர்
roman: uṇar
lang: Turkish
word: bilincine varmak
lang: Turkish
word: farkına varmak
lang: Turkish
word: fark etmek
lang: Turkish
word: kavramak
lang: Ukrainian
word: розумі́ти
roman: rozumíty
lang: Ukrainian
word: зрозумі́ти
roman: zrozumíty
lang: Ukrainian
word: усвідо́млювати
roman: usvidómljuvaty
lang: Ukrainian
word: усвідо́мити
roman: usvidómyty
lang: Ukrainian
word: уторо́пати
roman: utorópaty
lang: Ukrainian
word: збагну́ти
roman: zbahnúty
lang: Vietnamese
word: nhận ra
lang: Welsh
word: sylweddoli
lang: Arabic
word: بَاعَ
roman: bāʕa
lang: Catalan
word: realitzar
lang: Finnish
word: realisoida
lang: French
word: réaliser
lang: Interlingua
word: realisar
lang: Irish
word: réadaigh
lang: Italian
word: realizzare
lang: Italian
word: fruttare
lang: Italian
word: liquidare
lang: Latvian
word: realizēt
lang: Polish
word: realizować
lang: Russian
word: продава́ть
roman: prodavátʹ
lang: Russian
word: прода́ть
roman: prodátʹ
lang: Slovene
word: unovčiti
lang: Ukrainian
word: реалізува́ти
roman: realizuváty
lang: Welsh
word: realeiddio
lang: Welsh
word: gwireddu