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

1. transitive 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.
2. transitive 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.
3. transitive verb. To convert into real property; to make real estate of; as, to realize his fortune.
4. transitive 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.
5. transitive verb. To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets.
6. intransitive verb. To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc.
7. verb. perceive (an idea or situation) mentally

   "Now I see!"

   "I just can't see your point"

   Synonyms: realise, see, understand

8. verb. be fully aware or cognizant of

   Synonyms: agnise, agnize, realise, recognise, recognize

9. verb. make real or concrete; give reality or substance to

   "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"

   Synonyms: actualise, actualize, realise, substantiate

10. verb. expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass

    Synonyms: realise

11. verb. convert into cash; of goods and property

    Synonyms: realise

12. 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"

    Synonyms: clear, earn, gain, make, realise

Synonyms

realise, see, understand, agnise, agnize, recognise, recognize, actualise, actualize, substantiate, clear, earn, gain, make

Common word forms

realized, realizer, realizes, realizing

Words from these letters

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