Definitions for realize
Overview of verb realize
The verb realize has 6 senses? (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (48) recognize, recognise, realize, realise, agnize, agnise
(be fully aware or cognizant of)
2. (37) understand, realize, realise, see
(perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "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. (8) realize, realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate
(make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions")
4. (2) gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
(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. realize, realise
(convert into cash; of goods and property)
6. realize, realise
(expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass)
