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Definition: Actualize |
ActualizeVerb1. Make real or concrete; give reality to. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "actualize" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
Note: Actualize \Ac"tu*al*ize\, transitive verb. To make actual; to realize in action.. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: ActualizeSynonyms: actualise (v), realise (v), realize (v). (additional references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Actualize" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Actualize" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 66.67% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 33.33% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
actualize | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "actualize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | realizoj (achieve, attain, execute, fulfil, pull off, realize), bëj realitet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حقق أمرا. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | реализирам (accomplish, achieve, put into effect, realize), осъществявам се (be realized, come about, eventuate, materialize), пресъздавам реалистично. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 成为事实 (actualise, actualised, actualized). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | aktualizovat (update). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | واقعیت دادن , واقعی کردن (Realize), عملی کردن (Effect). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | actualiser, réaliser (accomplish, achieve, act out, activate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verwirklichen (fulfill, make come true, put into effect, realize, satisfy, to actualize, to realize, translate into action, turn into a reality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לממש (effect, execute, realize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megvalósít (accomplish, achieve, attain, effect, effectuate, execute, implement, materialize, put into effect, put into practice, realize, to attain, to bring into effect, to bring to effect, to bring to fruition, to effect, to effectuate, to flesh out, to make good, to materialize, to realise, to realize, to work out), megelevenít (to animate, vitalize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | mewujudkan (embody, manifest, personify), mengaktualisasikan (bring up to date), melaksanakan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | realizzare (accomplish, achieve, carry out, clear, come off, come true, fulfil, fulfil oneself, fulfill, fulfill oneself, implement, realise, realize, to convert into cash, to convert into money, to encash, to realise, to realize, to sale, to sell, to turn into cash, to turn into money), concretare, realizzare. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 현실"하십시" (actualise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | actualizeay realizar (accomplish, achieve, attain, celebrate, consummate, create, do, effect, execute, fulfil, fulfill, materialize, perform, produce, realize, render, to encash, to realize, transact, work out), pôr em prática (apply, practician, try), efetivar, descrever realisticamente. (various references) realiza (accomplish, achieve, bring off, compass, effect, effectuate, float, live, make, obtain, realize), descrie în mod realist. (various references) осуществлять (be under way, bring into action, bring into effect, bring into play, bring to pass, call into action, call into play, carry into life, compass, effectuate, enforce, enforcing, exercise, fulfill, materialize, proceed, put into effect, put into practice, realize). (various references) aktualizovati, ostvariti (accomplish, achieve, bring about, carry out, compass, cotton on, effect, effectuate, materialize, objectify, perform, realize). (various references) actualizar (modernize, update). (various references) skildra levande, förverkliga (implement, materialize, materialze, realize). (various references) gerçekleştirmek (achieve, carry out, carry through, effect, effectuate, execute, follow out, follow through, make real, materialize, practice, practise, put into practice, realize, substantiate, verify), gerçekleşmek (come true, materialize). (various references) реалізувати (negotiate, realize), здійснювати (bring to pass, compass, effect, effectuate, embody, execute, exercise, implement, make, materialize, perpetrate, practise, put into practice, realize, wage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "actualize": actualized, actualizes. (additional references) | |
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"Actualize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: actualis, actualism, actualist, actualizer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "actualize" (pronounced a"kkhuwulī'z) |
| 5 | -w u l ī' z | annualize, equalize, tranquilize, visualize. |
| 4 | -u l ī' z | alkalies, analyze, brutalize, cannibalize, capitalize, caramelize, catalyze, centralize, civilize, collateralize, commercialize, compartmentalize, criminalize, crystallize, decentralize, deinstitutionalize, demobilize, demoralize, denationalize, departmentalize, depersonalize, destabilize, editorialize, evangelize, federalize, fertilize, fictionalize, finalize, formalize, fossilize, generalize, globalize, hospitalize, hydrolyze, idolize, industrialize, internalize, internationalize, legalize, liberalize, localize, marginalize, materialize, memorialize, metabolize, mineralize, mobilize, monopolize, moralize, nationalize, naturalize, neutralize, normalize, paralyze, penalize, personalize, professionalize, radicalize, rationalize, recapitalize, regionalize, renationalize, revitalize, scandalize, serialize, socialize, specialize, stabilize, sterilize, symbolize, tantalize, trivialize, underutilize, utilize, vandalize, verbalize. |
| 3 | -l ī' z | butterflies, creolize, fireflies, gadflies, idealize, multiplies, realize, stylize. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-t-u-z" | |
-3 letters: acetal, actual, acuate, aculei, aecial, atelic, luetic. | |
-4 letters: aceta, acute, aecia, alate, aulic, cleat, culet, culti, cutie, eclat, ileac, lutea, telia, telic, tical, utile. | |
-5 letters: acta, alae, alec, alit, cate, caul, ceil, celt, cite, clit, clue, cult, cute, etic, etui, ilea, lace, laic, late, lati, laze, lice, lieu, lite, litu, luce, lute, lutz, tace, tael, tail, tala, talc, tale, tali, teal, tela, tile, tule, zeal, zeta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-t-u-z" | |
+1 letter: actualized, actualizes. | |
+2 letters: vulcanizate. | |
+3 letters: vulcanizates. | |
+4 letters: particularize, uncapitalized. | |
+5 letters: particularized, particularizes, secularization, unacclimatized. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 74 75 61 6C 69 7A 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. - ..- .- .-.. .. --.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01110100 01110101 01100001 01101100 01101001 01111010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c t u a l i z e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0074 0075 0061 006C 0069 007A 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)356986876778759271 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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