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realize |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Realize \Re"al*ize\, v. t. To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc Wary men took the alarm, and began to realize, a word now first brought into use to express the conversion of ideal property into something real. --W. Irving. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Realize \Re"al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Realized}; p. pr & vb n. {Realizing}.] [Cf. F. r['e]aliser.] 1. To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to accomplish; as to realize a scheme or project. We realize what Archimedes had only in hypothesis, weighting a single grain against the globe of earth. --Glanvill. 2. To cause to seem real; to impress upon the mind as actual; to feel vividly or strongly; to make one's own in apprehension or experience. Many coincidences . . . soon begin to appear in them [Greek inscriptions] which realize ancient history to us --Jowett. We can not realize it in thought, that the object . . . had really no being at any past moment. --Sir W. Hamilton. 3. To convert into real property; to make real estate of as to realize his fortune. 4. To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get as to realize large profits from a speculation. Knighthood was not beyond the reach of any man who could by diligent thrift realize a good estate. --Macaulay. 5. To convert into actual money; as to realize assets. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: realize v 1: be fully aware or cognizant of [syn: {recognize}, {agnize}, {agnise}] 2: perceive mentally, as of an idea; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point" [syn: {understand}, {see}] 3: make real or concrete; give reality to [syn: {actualize}] 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" [syn: {gain}, {take in}, {clear}, {make}, {earn}, {pull in}, {bring in}] 5: convert into cash; of goods and property
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