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Definition: Realize |
RealizeVerb1. Be fully aware or cognizant of. 2. Perceive mentally, as of an idea; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea". 3. Make real or concrete; give reality to. 4. 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". 5. Convert into cash; of goods and property. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "realize" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1517. (references) |
Note: Realize \Re"al*ize\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Realized; Realizing.]. (references) |
Synonyms: RealizeSynonyms: actualise (v), actualize (v), agnise (v), agnize (v), bring in (v), clear (v), earn (v), gain (v), make (v), pull in (v), realise (v), recognise (v), recognize (v), see (v), take in (v), understand (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Acquisition | Treasure up; (store); realize, clear; produce; take. |
Belief | Verb: believe, credit; give faith to, give credit to, credence to; see, realize; assume, receive; set down for, take for; have it, take it; consider, esteem, presume. |
Completion | Despatch, dispatch; knock off, finish off, polish off; make short work of; dispose of, set at rest; perform, discharge, fulfill, realize; put in practice, put in force; carry out, carry into effect, carry into execution; make good; be as good as one's word. |
Disappointment | Not realize one's hope, not realize one's expectation. |
Discovery | Recognize, realize; verify, make certain of, identify. |
Imagination | Verb: imagine, fancy, conceive; idealize, realize; dream, dream of, dream up; "give to airy nothing a local habitation and a name". |
Intellect | Verb: note, notice, mark; take notice of, take cognizance of be aware of, be conscious of; realize; appreciate; ruminate; (think); fancy; (imagine). |
Knowledge | Conceive; apprehend, comprehend; take, realize, understand, savvy, appreciate; fathom, make out; recognize, discern, perceive, see, get a sight-of, experience. |
Sale | Verb: sell, vend, dispose of, effect a sale; sell over the counter, sell by auction; Noun: dispense, retail; deal in; sell off, sell out; turn into money, realize; bring to the hammer, bring under the hammer, put up to auction, put up for auction; offer for sale, put up for sale; hawk, bring to market; offer; undersell. |
Speciality | Verb: specify, particularize, individualize, realize, specialize, designate, determine; denote, indicate, point out, select. |
Thought | Verb: think, reflect, cogitate, excogitate, consider, deliberate; bestow thought upon, bestow consideration upon; speculate, contemplate, meditate, ponder, muse, dream, ruminate; brood over, con over; animadvert, study; bend -, apply mind; (attend); digest, discuss, hammer at, weigh, perpend; realize, appreciate; fancy; (imagine); trow. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Realize |
| English words defined with "realize": anticipate, appreciate ♦ come, convert, convince, critical point, crossroads ♦ disturbance ♦ foreknow, foresee ♦ juncture ♦ on camera ♦ perturbation, previse ♦ realise, Realizing ♦ see ♦ take account ♦ understand, unfulfilled, unrealised, unrealized, upset ♦ win over. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "realize": Apiphany ♦ Catastrophic crop insurance ♦ Eagles ♦ Hay, Hogs ♦ Indemnity payment, inflation risk, Iron ♦ Jolly ♦ ohnosecond ♦ Pardon, Poplars, purchasing-power risk ♦ Snow ♦ Turquoise ♦ Water ♦ You know you've been hacking too long when, You know you've been hacking too long when.... (references) |
| Etymologies containing "realize": Actualize. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Realize" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (accomplish, realise). |
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Screenplays | It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) It's kind of like when you go on vacation: you plan everything out, but then one day you make a wrong turn, or take a detour, and you end up in some crazy place you can't even find on the map, doing something you never thought you'd do. Maybe you feel a little lost while it's happening, but later you realize it was the best part of the whole trip (Threesome; writing credit: Andrew Fleming.) only try to realize the truth (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.) Marion, I don't think you realize (Eyes Wide Shut; writing credit: Arthur Schnitzler; Stanley Kubrick) As you see her, two years later, I wonder if you realize something (The Sweet Hereafter; writing credit: Atom Egoyan) | |
Lyrics | You made me realize the love I'd missed (Caught Up in You; performing artist: 38 Special) Make ya realize (Where My Girls At; performing artist: 702) Do you realize (I Don't Wanna; performing artist: Aaliyah) Dear matthew I like you a lot I realize you're in a relationship with someone (Unsent; performing artist: Alanis Morissette) Baby, i hope you realize (So Much In Love; performing artist: All-4-One) | |
Clever | Before you can break out of prison, you must realize that you are locked up. (references; author: unknown) Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven't fallen asleep yet. (references; author: unknown) Humans are like tea bags. They never realize their strength until they are put in hot water. (references; author: unknown) Parental Observation: Summer vacation is a time when parents realize that teachers are grossly underpaid. (references; author: unknown) I know you know what I think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant. (references; author: unknown) | |
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By 1911, the staff had come to realize the need for a hospital connected to Gratwick laboratories. The result was the Cary Pavillion, a 30-bed hospital. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | ![]() | But, my dear sir, do you realize the historical distinction of this matchless ... Credit: Library of Congress. | |
![]() | Our picture shows the control panel of the installation VEPP-2 with opposing charged particle beams in which they are going to realize collision of electrons and positrons with relative power of two thousand milliard electron-volts, being made at the Inst. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | No more rotton politics, nothing can be gained from mere criticism, now our party is putting out a realistic social welfare plan to realize people's wishes; this is the first such action in any party history. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Theatro Municipal do Rio de Ja" by Felipe Bordalo Commentary: "It's was in a chill night in Rio, I was playng some pool, and when i was leaving, walking to the bus stop, suddenly I realize that I was in front of one of the finnest old buildings of my city, at night, with good light and my camera in my backpack! There" | "Funky Petals" by Kris Kelley Commentary: "This is the inside of one flower (type unknown). I know it looks pixelated, and fuzzy, but if you look closely, you will realize that's how it actually is." |
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Bruce Barton | The ablest men in all walks of modern life are men of faith. Most of them have much more faith than they themselves realize. |
Christopher Hill | Only very slowly and late have men come to realize that unless freedom is universal it is only extended privilege. |
Edith Cavell | I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. |
Lao-Tzu | To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect. |
Leo Aikman | The Golden Rule is of no use whatever unless you realize it's your move. |
Marguerite Duras | It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't necessarily prove that you loved him. |
Oliver Wendell Holmes | Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | The first thing a great person does, is make us realize the insignificance of circumstance. |
Socrates | True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us. |
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1938) |
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Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | And, for the moment, that was the only fact I could clearly realize. |
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Health | Today physicians realize that PIs are not uncommon. (references) | |
Parasites that infect humans are much more widespread than many people realize. (references) | ||
Only after treatment do some men realize they had a problem with sexual function. (references) | ||
Business | An acceptable return on investment is difficult to realize under present rules. (references) | |
The reader needs to realize that latent demand may or may not represent real sales. (references) | ||
Greece also needs general infrastructure improvement to fully realize its tourist potential. (references) | ||
Economic History | Belgium | Qualifying distribution centers can realize significant tax savings. (references) |
India | The FII's can buy, sell, and realize capital gains on their investment. (references) | |
Hong Kong | A tradition of prudent fiscal management has generally enabled Hong Kong to realize budget surpluses. (references) | |
Human Rights | Mexico | They maintained that they did not realize anyone had been shot. (references) |
Mexico | Women may not realize that procedures have been performed until after the fact, and many victims allegedly were reluctant to file complaints, although there are mechanisms for filing formal complaints with the National Medical Arbitration Commission and with national and state human rights commissions. (references) | |
Political Economy | Japan | But we realize that the Prime Minister faces an uphill struggle against entrenched interests and intractable economic issues. (references) |
Trade | Vietnam | Nevertheless, Vietnam is committed to reducing or eliminating tariffs and other trade restrictions, since it is a requirement for its membership into AFTA, and if it is to realize its hopes for membership into the WTO. (references) |
Travel | Sweden | The business traveler to Sweden will quickly realize that while most customs and procedures are similar to the United States there are a few quite noticeable differences. (references) |
Worker Rights | Armenia | Only a few of the victims know before departure that they will work as prostitutes, but even these do not realize that they will have their documents and money confiscated and that they will be pressured to receive numerous clients every day to maximize their employer's profits. (references) |
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Alexander Benedetto | They're six months down the road and realize, wow, what a mistake we've made. How are we going to get out of this one. In walks Mr. Plant. |
Art Linkletter | I'm very happy. I'm doing what I love to do. I have finally reached the age where I realize that while I might not be the brightest guy in the room, I probably have more wisdom than the rest of them. |
Bill Maher | Well, I think he's a lot more like Bill Clinton than people realize. He's a complete political animal. I mean, that's one thing that bothers me about Bush is that he's always saying I don't listen to the polls. I follow my gut. Oh, please. Please. |
Dennis Miller | But even I realize we have to pull the thong of indifference out of our ass and acknowledge that we share this planet with others. |
Heather Mills McCartney | I didn't know any different. It's only like looking back on it I realize it was a very sort of strange life. |
Joe Esposito | You know, we all say she must know what's going on, but probably never admitted it. She probably didn't want to admit it, to realize it. But she put up for a long time, and then she stopped putting up with it. That's why they got divorced. |
Julianne Moore | That happens to me at the end of a movie. You know I'm fine at the beginning and then near the end I start getting depressed because I realize I've made all the wrong choices. |
Rush Limbaugh | Our people realize more than before that the American soldier is a paper tiger that run in defeat after a few blows. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Let us realize the importance of the attitude in which we stand before the world. |
Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889; 1893-1897 | Every thoughtful American must realize the importance of checking at its beginning any tendency in public or private station to regard frugality and economy as virtues which we may safely outgrow. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Government must realize the effect of its operations on the whole economy. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | The dynamic of democracy is the power and the purpose of the individual, and the policy of this administration is to give to the individual the opportunity to realize his own highest possibilities. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | But the unity we seek cannot realize its full promise in isolation. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | President I realize that it is difficult to communicate meaningfully across the gulf of four years of war. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | I am proud that this Administration has been able to provide the financial means to realize many of our legislative and administrative goals. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Realize that the doctor's fight against socialized medicine is your fight. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We can't renew our country until we realize that governments don't raise children, parents do. |
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| "Realize" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 68.71% of the time. "Realize" is used about 2,238 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) | 68.71% | 1,537 | 5,324 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 31.29% | 700 | 9,536 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,238 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "realize": do you realize my position? ♦ not realize one's expectation ♦ not realize one's hope ♦ realize the facts ♦ to realize. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "realize": harder-to-realize. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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. |
| Language | Translations for "realize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | verstaan (realise, understand), besef (awareness, be aware of, be conscious of, consciousness, notion, realise, realization, sense, understand). (various references) | |
Albanian | realizoj (achieve, actualize, attain, execute, fulfil, pull off), zbatoj (act, apply, apply to, carry out, carry through, dispense, effectuate, enforce, execute, follow, obey, observe, practise), vë në jetë (reanimate), shndërroj në para, shes (bargain away, barter away, betray, dispose of, flog, handle, market, negotiate, sell, vend), plotësoj (amplify, appease, complement, complete, consummate, draw, fill, fill in, fill up, flesh, fulfil, fulfill, grant, gratify, indulge, make good, make out, make up, meet, perfect, perform, process, refill, replenish, satisfy, supplement, supply), përfytyroj (conceive, depicture, dream, dream up, envision, fancy, figure, figure to oneself, give rein to one's imagination, image, imagine, picture, visualize), njëmendësoj, marr (accede, acquire, assume, bring, catch, claim, collect, contract, draw, get, have, land, make, obtain, occupy, pick up, possess, receive, score, take, take in, take out), imagjinoj (depicture, dream, fancy, give reins to one's imagination, image, imagine, think up), fitoj (carry off, come by, come into, command, earn, fight down, gain, gain upon, get, get the best of, make, net, obtain, outfight, overcome, overthrow, possess, profit, pull in, score, score off, take, touch, win). (various references) | |
Arabic | فهم (accept, apprehend, apprehension, brain, catch, comprehend, comprehension, conceive, conception, discern, discernment, grasp, hear, hear of, intelligence, know, know of, learn, learn about, make out, penetrate, perceive, perception, pick out, pierce, put across, puzzle out, realization, see, see daylight, see the light, seeing, sense, skulk, sort out, take in, twig, understand, understanding, understood), ميز (characterize, confer distinction upon, differentiate, discern, discriminate, distinguish, favor, favour, grant a special privilege, honor, identify, know, label, make a distinction, mark, notice, observe, perceive, prefer, privilege, recognize, segregate, separate, set above others, set apart, set aside, single, single out, stamp), نفذ (act, activate, be executed, carry into effect, carry out, come true, commit, computerize, do, effect, effectuate, enforce, execute, fill, fulfil, fulfill, honor, honour, implement, invoke, penetrate, percolate, perform, permeate, petering, pierce, practise, proceed, pursue, put into effect, transfix, traverse), نجز (accomplish, achieve, be executed, compass, complete, do, encompass, execute, finalize, finish, fulfil, fulfill, gain, get hold of, get on, implement, negotiate, perfect, perform, polish off, pull off, put across), لاحظ (catch sight of, eye, keep an eye on, look at, make out, note, notice, observe, perceive, recognize, regard, remark, see, spy, take notice, twig, view), وعى (apprehend, awake, feel, grasp, perceive), حقق ربحا, حقق (achieve, attain, check, consummate, effectuate, fulfil, fulfill, get on, implement, inquire, obtain, prize, probe, produce, quest, search closely, see, slate, take, work out), حول عقارات, عرف (acquaint, constitution, convention, custom, define, figure out, form, habit, impart, know, know what's what, locate, manners, mores, rule, savvy, see, sort out, tradition, usage, use), إستوعب (absorb, assimilate, compass, digest, get around, imbibe, ingest, stomach, suck, swallow, take in), أتم (accomplish, achieve, cap, compass, consummate, fulfil, fulfill, negotiate, perfect, round off), أخرج (bring out, direct, dispossess, draw out, egress, eject, fetch, get, give off, move out, obtrude, poke, produce, push along, quit, read out, remove, set, shell off, subtract, take out, vomit), أدرك (apprehend, awake, comprehend, feel, follow, get at, observe, overhaul, overtake, penetrate, perceive, pierce, recognize, rejoin, see, see daylight, sense, sober up, take, twig, understand). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съзнавам (awake), реализирам (accomplish, achieve, actualize, put into effect), разбирам (apprehend, catch on, comprehend, cotton, discover, fathom, figure out, find out, follow, grasp, grip, have, latch, make out, penetrate, perceive, pick up, riddle, rumble, see, see through, sense, take, take in, think, understand, work out), осъществявам (accomplish, achieve, carry into effect, carry through, embody, fulfil, fulfill, implement, incarnate, instrument, materialize, put into effect), осъзнавам (become aware), нося печалба (bring the grist to the mill), нося доход, придавам реалност на, постигам (accomplish, achieve, acquire, come, compass, effect, effectuate, get, notch up, reach, secure, turn, turn in, work out), получавам доход, печеля (earn, gain, get, harvest, profit, pull down, score, take in, win), изобразявам реалистично. (various references) | |
Catalan | entendre (understand), comprendre (understand). (various references) | |
Chinese | 體認 (realization), 達 (achieve, attain, clear, dignity, inform, notify, pass through, reach), 体会 (realise, realised, realized, Realizing). (various references) | |
Czech | realizovat (capitalize, carry out, go through with, implement), zpenìžit, uvìdomit si (perceive, sense), uskuteènit (carry into effect, carry out, effect, execute, go through with, implement, make good, substantiate), provést (accomplish, carry out, effect, execute, exercise, finish, make, perform, render, ride out, see it through, show, undertake), prodat (dispose of, negotiate, sell), pochopit (comprehend, cotton on to, fathom, figure out, figure to oneself, get the message, grasp, perceive, take in, understand). (various references) | |
Danish | forstå (realise, understand). (various references) | |
Dutch | bevatten (comprise, contain, include, realise, understand), beseffen (be aware of, be conscious of, realise, understand). (various references) | |
Esperanto | konscii (be aware of, be conscious of, realise), kompreni (realise, understand). (various references) | |
Faeroese | vera greiður um (be aware of, be conscious of), skilja (distinguish, understand), fata (understand). (various references) | |
Farsi | فهمیدن (Catch, Compass, Comprehend, Follow, Get, Grasp, Gripe, Induct, Intend, Learn, Savor, Savvy, See, Skill, Tell, Understand), نقدکردن (Cash), واقعی کردن (Actualize), تحقق یافتن (Comeoff), دریافتن (Apprehend, Comprehend, Deduce, Discover, Perceive, Understand), درک کردن (Appreciate, Apprehend, Catch, Cognize, Compass, Comprehend, Coneive, Follow, Hear, Induct, Perceive, Savvy, Seize, Understand). (various references) | |
Finnish | ymmärtää (comprehend, grasp, see, understand), tajuta (apprehend, be aware of, be conscious of, comprehend, grasp, have a taste for). (various references) | |
French | comprendre (realise). (various references) | |
Frisian | ferstean (understand), begripe (understand). (various references) | |
German | verwirklichen (actualize, fulfill, make come true, put into effect, satisfy, to actualize, to realize, translate into action, turn into a reality), feststellen (ascertain, assess, detect, determine, diagnose, discover, establish, find, find out, lock, lock fast, observe, plot, tell, to ascertain, to determine, to realise), begreifen (appreciate, comprehend, conceive, fathom, grasp, grip, take in, to conceive, to realize, understand, understood, view). (various references) | |
Greek | πραγματοποιώ (accomplish, bring to pass, carry out, fulfil, materialize), υλοποιούμαι (materialise), εννοώ (comprehend, conceive, drive at, mean, purport, understand), αντιλαμβάνομαι (apprehend, awake to, aware, catch, perceive, realise, see through, soak up, tumble to). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לממש (actualize, effect, execute), לעשות הלכה למעשה, להוכח (be convinced, be present), להכיר (ascertain, find out, know, make out, recognize, spot, tell, understand), להגשים (carry out, consummate, fulfill, implement, materialize), להבין (apprehend, comprehend, follow, gather, grasp, know, make out, see, see daylight, see the light, take, take in, understand), לגשם (carry out, execute). (various references) | |
Hungarian | rádöbben, végrehajt (accomplish, carry out, effect, enforce, execute, fulfil, fulfill, implement, perform, prosecute, pull off, to accomplish, to bring into effect, to bring to effect, to carry out, to consummate, to effect, to effectuate, to execute, to fulfil, to implement, to perform, to realize, work out), pénzzé tesz (to convert into cash, to money, to realize, to turn into money), megvalósít (accomplish, achieve, actualize, attain, effect, effectuate, execute, implement, materialize, put into effect, put into practice, 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), megért (apprehend, comprehend, got, perceive, see, see the light, take in smth., to apprehend, to catch up, to comprehend, to conceit, to conceive of, to get, to get the message, to get the picture, to grasp, to perceive, to realize, to savvy, to tumble to, understand, vert), felfog (apprehend, comprehend, grasp, perceive, to apprehend, to comprehend, to conceit, to conceptualize, to entrap, to grasp, to intercept, to perceive, to realize, to savvy, to take in, to tumble to, understand), ért (catch, intelligibility, saw, seen, to catch on, to make of, to savvy, to see, understand). (various references) | |
Icelandic | skilja (get a divorce, get divorced, understand), gera sig grein fyrir (be aware of, be conscious of). (various references) | |
Indonesian | menyadari (be aware of), mendapat (find, gain, get, need, reap, receive), mencapai (achieve, attain, gain, reach, see: capai), insaf (be conscious of, consciousness, notion), dusin (be awake, be conscious of). (various references) | |
Italian | comprendere (apprehend, be understood, comprehend, comprise, contain, cover, grasp, include, incorporate, penetrate, take, to understand, understand), capire (apprehend, bottom, catch, comprehend, get, make out, penetrate, perceive, pin down, push, read, realise, see, see through, take in, to understand, twig, understand), realizzare (accomplish, achieve, actualize, carry out, clear, come off, come true, fulfil, fulfil oneself, fulfill, fulfill oneself, implement, realise, to realise), attuare (actualize, carry out, come true, put into effect). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 換金 (turn into money). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かんきん (bacillus, confinement, government funds, silent reading of sutra, turn into money). (various references) | |
Korean | 실현하십시요 (realise). (various references) | |
Malay | mengerti (understand). (various references) | |
Manx | toiggal (apprehension, comprehend, construction, construe, figure; comprehension, realization, understand), jannoo firrinagh (realization), creck son argid. (various references) | |
Norwegian | forstå (figure out, gather, get, grasp, realise, understand). (various references) | |
Papiamen | komprondé (understand), komprendé (understand), kèch (captivate, capture, catch, grapple, understand). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ealizeray.(various references) | |
Polish | rozumieć (understand), mieć świadomość (be aware of, be conscious of). (various references) | |
Portuguese | compreender (bottom, catch, catch on, compass, comprehend, comprise, conceive, consist, embrace, get, grasp, grip, have, imply, know, make out, perceive, plumb, read, see, sense, sympathize, take in, to understand, twig, understand). (various references) | |
Romanian | înţelege (agree, apprehend, bottom, catch, come it, compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, grasp, interpret, latch on, make of, perceive, read, savvy, scheme, see, see into, seize, take, tumble to, twig, understand). (various references) | |
Russian | понимать (apprehend, aprehend, catch on, comprehend, figure out, gain an insight into, get, get to know, perceive, savvies, sense, take, twig, understand, understood). (various references) | |
Scottish | tuig (comprehend, discern, perceive, understand). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | realizovati, uvideti (distinguish), shvatiti (apprehend, apprise, apprize, catch, catch on, comprehend, conceive, figure out, get, grasp, sense, tumble, twig, understand), sagledati (perceive), predočiti (envisage, point out), ostvariti (accomplish, achieve, actualize, bring about, carry out, compass, cotton on, effect, effectuate, materialize, objectify, perform), izvesti (bring out, derive, embroider, export, perform, present, stage, take out), ispuniti (carry out, cope, fill up, fulfil, fulfill, grout, implement, replenish, stand by, stuff). (various references) | |
Spanish | entender (believe, catch up, comprehend, cotton on, figure up, get, grasp, hear, infer, intend, interpret, make out, mean, realise, think, understand), comprender (appreciate, bear in, catch, catch the point, come across, comprehend, comprise, cover, dig, follow, get, grasp, include, incorporate, interpret, latch on, perceive, Pierce, realise, savvy, see, see the light, take in, to understand, trace, twig, understand), darse cuenta de (aware of, be alive to, feel, perceive, register). (various references) | |
Sranan | frustan (understand). (various references) | |
Swedish | inse (accept, appreciate, discern, find, see, understand), förverkliga (actualize, implement, materialize, materialze), förstå (catch, comprehend, comprehending, figure out, follow, gather, grasp, have, Ken, know, latch on to, see, take, understand). (various references) | |
Tagalog | máunawà (understand), máintindihán (understand). (various references) | |
Turkish | anlamak (absorb, accept, appreciate, apprehend, ascertain, be knowledgeable about, be up to, catch, catch on, click, compass, comprehend, conceive, cotton on to, dawn on, deduce, dig, discern, discover, distinguish, fathom, feel, figure out, get, get a grip, get a grip on, get the message, grasp, grip, latch on to, make of, pick out, read, rumble, savvy, see, see into, seize, sense, sum up, take in, twig, understand, wake to, waken, work out). (various references) | |
Turkmen | paюmak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | уявляти собі (envisage, envision, figure, ideate, imagine, prefigure, see), реалізувати (actualize, negotiate), здійснювати (actualize, bring to pass, compass, effect, effectuate, embody, execute, exercise, implement, make, materialize, perpetrate, practise, put into practice, wage), продавати (market, negotiate, sell, vend). (various references) | |
Welsh | sylweddoli, deall (intellect, intelligence, understand, understanding). (various references) | |
Yucatec | na'atik (understand). (various references) | |
Zulu | -qonda (understand). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | agnita, agnitis, agnitum, agnitus, agnoscant, agnoscar, agnoscat, agnosce, agnoscebam, agnoscebant, agnoscendum, agnoscent, agnoscentes, agnoscere, agnoscet, agnoscetur, agnoscit, agnoscitur, agnosco, agnoverunt, agnovi, agnovimus, agnovisset, agnovit, animadverto, intellecta, intellectu, intellectum, intellectus, intellegam, intellegant, intellegas, intellegat, intellegatis, intellege, intellegebant, intellegenda, intellegendum, intellegens, intellegent, intellegentes, intellegentia, intellegentibus, intellegentis, intellegere, intellegerem, intellegerent, intellegeres, intellegeret, intelleges, intelleget, intellegetis, intellegibile, intellegibiles, intellegimus, intellegis, intellegit, intellegite, intellegitis, intellegitur, intellego, intellegunt, intellexerant, intellexerint, intellexerit, intellexerunt, intellexeruntque, intellexi, intellexisset, intellexisti, intellexistis, intellexit, senserit, sensi, sensisset, sensit, sensu, sensum, sensus, sentiamus, sentiant, sentias, sentiebam, sentiens, sentientes, senties, sentiet, sentire, sentirent, sentiri, sentis, sentite, sentiunt. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | onfindan. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | real. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "realize": realized, realizer, realizers, realizes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "realize": etherealize. (additional references) | |
Words containing "realize": etherealized, etherealizes, unrealized. (additional references) | |
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"Realize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Neuflize, Ramalepe, Realien, realis, realise, Realisme, realiso, realite, realive, realixe, realiz, realizer, reallife, rearise, reelise, reglaze, relaze, relize, ruralise, trehalose. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "realize" (pronounced rē"lī'z or rē"ulī'z) |
| 4 | -ē" l ī' z | idealize. |
| 3 | -l ī' z | actualize, alkalies, analyze, annualize, brutalize, butterflies, cannibalize, capitalize, caramelize, catalyze, centralize, civilize, collateralize, commercialize, compartmentalize, creolize, criminalize, crystallize, decentralize, deinstitutionalize, demobilize, demoralize, denationalize, departmentalize, depersonalize, destabilize, editorialize, equalize, evangelize, federalize, fertilize, fictionalize, finalize, fireflies, formalize, fossilize, gadflies, generalize, globalize, hospitalize, hydrolyze, idolize, industrialize, internalize, internationalize, legalize, liberalize, localize, marginalize, materialize, memorialize, metabolize, mineralize, mobilize, monopolize, moralize, multiplies, nationalize, naturalize, neutralize, normalize, paralyze, penalize, personalize, professionalize, radicalize, rationalize, recapitalize, regionalize, renationalize, revitalize, scandalize, serialize, socialize, specialize, stabilize, sterilize, stylize, symbolize, tantalize, tranquilize, trivialize, underutilize, utilize, vandalize, verbalize, visualize. |
| 4 | -u l ī' z | actualize, alkalies, analyze, annualize, brutalize, cannibalize, capitalize, caramelize, catalyze, centralize, civilize, collateralize, commercialize, compartmentalize, criminalize, crystallize, decentralize, deinstitutionalize, demobilize, demoralize, denationalize, departmentalize, depersonalize, destabilize, editorialize, equalize, 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, tranquilize, trivialize, underutilize, utilize, vandalize, verbalize, visualize. |
| 3 | -l ī' z | butterflies, creolize, fireflies, gadflies, idealize, multiplies, stylize. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-l-r-z" | |
-1 letter: lazier. | |
-2 letters: aerie, ariel, laree, razee, zaire. | |
-3 letters: alee, aril, earl, ilea, izar, lair, lari, laze, lear, leer, liar, lier, lira, lire, rail, rale, raze, real, reel, rial, riel, rile, zeal. | |
-4 letters: ail, air, ale, are, ear, eel, era, ere, ire, lar, lea, lee, lei, lez, lie, ree, rei, ria, zee. | |
-5 letters: ae, ai, al. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-l-r-z" | |
+1 letter: laterize, realized, realizer, realizes, sleazier, velarize. | |
+2 letters: cartelize, equalizer, idealizer, laterized, laterizes, legalizer, linearize, marbleize, pearlized, realizers, serialize, velarized, velarizes, verbalize, vernalize. | |
+3 letters: aerosolize, allegorize, caramelize, cartelized, cartelizes, centralize, demoralize, depolarize, equalizers, eternalize, federalize, generalize, glazieries, idealizers, lateralize, legalizers, liberalize, linearized, linearizes, literalize, marbleized, marbleizes, mineralize, neutralize, palletizer, realizable, recanalize, regularize, relativize, repolarize, revalorize, revitalize, secularize, serialized, serializes, thermalize, unrealized, verbalized, verbalizer, verbalizes, vernalized, vernalizes, zealotries. | |
| 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. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Bibliography |
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