When you realize something, you become fully aware of what is happening, like when you realize all the people in your basement who are smiling at you and starting to sing to you are there because it's your birthday. Surprise!
To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to accomplish;
Verb
perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "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
be fully aware or cognizant of
Verb
make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"
Verb
expand or complete (a thorough-based part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass
Verb
convert into cash; of goods and property
Verb
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "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"
v. t.
To make real; to convert from the imaginary or
fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to
effectuate; to accomplish; as, to realize a scheme or project.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To convert into real property; to make real estate of;
as, to realize his fortune.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets.
v. i.
To convert any kind of property into money, especially
property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds,
etc.
Realize
We realize what Archimedes had only in hypothesis, weighting a single grain against the globe of earth.2.
Many coincidences . . . soon begin to appear in them [Greek inscriptions] which realize ancient history to us.
We can not realize it in thought, that the object . . . had really no being at any past moment.3.
Knighthood was not beyond the reach of any man who could by diligent thrift realize a good estate.5.
Realize
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.
To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to accomplish;
To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc.
Usage Examples
Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.
After a while of getting jerked around, you realize what the business is really made up of.
All I know is that I've ruled out wearing fairy wings. When I was nine I wanted to get married in fairy wings, and now I realize that's not cool anymore.
Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.
As a result of America's efforts to realize the ideals of equality and freedom, blacks in America are now the freest and richest black people anywhere on the face of the earth including all of the nations that are ruled by blacks.
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Other Usage ExamplesAnyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by the United States government as to what atomic bombs can do.
After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize it has meaning and may even be true.
A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently do better work than they thought they could.
As Americans, we realize that there is no taxpayer money that wasn't first earned through the sweat and toil of one of our citizens.
Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight.
All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many.
As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am. As long as I can communicate, I'm not so lonely. If I cannot travel, or do art, or have company, if they take away all my belongings, it doesn't matter at all.
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