realize or realise /rēˈə-līz/ transitive verb- To feel strongly
- To comprehend completely
- To bring home to one's own experience
- To make real, or as if real
- To bring into being or act
- To accomplish
- To convert into real property or money, esp to convert (an asset) into cash by selling
- To obtain, as a possession
- To provide a detailed artistic version of music where the composer has (as was often the case in the 17c and 18c) left much to be filled in by the performer
- To articulate (linguistics)
- To provide the drawings for an animated cartoon
ORIGIN: Fr réaliser; see real1 rēalīzabilˈity or rēalīsabilˈity noun The ease with which an asset may be converted into cash rēalīˈzable or rēalīˈsable (or /rēˈ/) adjective - Able to be realized
- Specif of an asset, able to be converted into cash
rēalīˈzably or rēalīˈsably (or /rēˈ/) adverb realīzāˈtion or realīsāˈtion (or /-li-/) noun rēˈalizer or rēˈaliser noun rēˈalizing or rēˈalising adjective |