realise - 1 dictionary result
re⋅al⋅ize
/ˈriəˌlaɪz/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ree-uh-lahyz] Show IPA verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to grasp or understand clearly.
2. to make real; give reality to (a hope, fear, plan, etc.).
3. to bring vividly to the mind.
4. to convert into cash or money: to realize securities.
5. to obtain as a profit or income for oneself by trade, labor, or investment.
6. to bring as proceeds, as from a sale: The goods realized $1000.
7. Music. to sight-read on a keyboard instrument or write out in notation the full harmony and ornamentation indicated by (a figured bass).
8. Linguistics. to serve as an instance, representation, or embodiment of (an abstract linguistic element or category): In “Jack tripped,” the subject is realized by “Jack,” the predicate by “tripped,” and the past tense by “-ed.”
–verb (used without object)
9. to convert property or goods into cash or money.
Also, especially British, re⋅al⋅ise.
1828 English Dictionary said:Your search [word => 'realise' ] did not return any results.
1828 English Dictionary said:RE'ALIZE, v.t.
1. To bring into being or act; as, to realize a scheme or project.
We realize what Archimedes had only in hypothesis, weighing a single grain of sand against the globe of earth.
2. To convert money into land, or personal into real estate.
3. To impress on the mind as a reality; to believe, consider or treat as real. How little do men in full health realize their frailty and mortality.
Let the sincere christian realize the closing sentiment.
4. To bring home to one's own case or experience; to consider as one's own; to feel in all its force. Who, at his fire side, can realize the distress of shipwrecked mariners?
This allusion must have had enhanced strength and beauty to the eye of a nation extensively devoted to a pastoral life, and therefore realizing all its fine scenes and the tender emotions to which they gave birth.
5. To bring into actual existence and possession; to render tangible or effective. He never realized much profit from his trade or speculations.
The dictionary I use was written back in 1828, which was before the english language ever evolved, right?
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