See Also: Realize(money)
realize(dictionary)
realize(dictionary)

realize (iou)



realize verb. Also realise. E17.
[from REAL adjective2 + -IZE, after French realiser.]
verb trans. Make real or realistic; convert into actuality. E17.
realized eschatology Christian Theology the view that the kingdom of God preached by Jesus is already present, having been inaugurated by his person and activity.
J. Reed Practical measures to realize peace. L. P. Hartley She seems to have realized herself, become a person in her own right. H. Moore A conception..in a drawing will be..wrong realised as stone. A. N. Wilson A..figure who had never realised his..potential.
b. Linguistics. Manifest (a linguistic feature) in a particular phonetic, graphic, or syntactic form. M20.
verb trans. Present as real; bring vividly before the mind. (Foll. by to oneself, the mind, a person.) M17.
T. Arnold That I may realize to my mind the things eternal. H. Adams Shakespeare realized the thirteenth-century woman..vividly.
a. verb trans. Convert into cash or money. M18.
H. Nisbet Realizing what he could of his impoverished estates.
b. verb intrans. Realize one's property; sell out. L18.
a. verb trans. Acquire (money, a fortune, etc.) by one's own exertions; make (a profit). M18.
E. Bowen She realized money..by selling..lands. Times Chinese porcelain and hardstones realized 9,585 at Christie's.
b. Of property or capital: yield (a specified return); fetch as a price. M19.
S. Unwin It is astonishing how little stock realises.
verb trans. Conceive as real; apprehend with the clearness or detail of reality; (foll. by subord. clause) understand clearly, be fully aware, (that, how, etc.). L18.
D. H. Lawrence She realized she must do something. W. Cather Times have changed, but he doesn't realize it. P. Barker She did not realise where he was taking her.
Music. Add to or complete (music left sparsely notated by the composer); enrich the texture of (a work), esp. by orchestrating music written for a single voice or instrument; spec. reconstruct (a part) in full from a figured bass. E20.
realiza'bility noun the property of being realizable E20.
realizable adjective able to be realized M19.
realizableness noun (rare) realizability L19.
realizably adverb L19.
realizer noun a person who or thing which realizes E19.
realizingly adverb in a realizing manner M19.