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Definition of Realize
Realize

To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to effectuate; to accomplish; as, to realize a scheme or project.

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.

To convert into real property; to make real estate of; as, to realize his fortune.

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.

To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets.

To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc.

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Realize Quotations

I didn't realize the president was such an historian.
Mark Shields

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.
Barack Obama

I realize that nothing's as it seems.
Sting

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
Robert Brault

Realize Translations

realize in Afrikaans is verstaan, besef
realize in Dutch is beseffen, bevatten, begrijpen
realize in Italian is riconoscere, realizzare, comprendere, attuare
realize in Spanish is comprender, entender, connocer, idear


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