Dictionary Entry
realize
realize is a 7-letter English word with 12 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 17 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
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.
- 3transitive verb
To convert into real property; to make real estate of; as, to realize his fortune.
- 4transitive verb
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.
- 5transitive verb
To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets.
- 6intransitive verb
To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc.
- 7verb
perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
"Now I see!"
"I just can't see your point"
Synonyms
- 8verb
be fully aware or cognizant of
- 9verb
make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
"our ideas must be substantiated into actions"
- 10verb
expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass
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- 11verb
convert into cash; of goods and property
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- 12verb
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"
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