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realise

rea·lise

US/ˈriʌˌlaɪz/ common

verb

1.

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”
2.

convert into cash; of goods and property

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3.

expand or complete (a thorough-based part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass

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4.

make real or concrete; give reality or substance to

  • “our ideas must be substantiated into actions”
6.

perceive (an idea or situation) mentally

  • “Now I see!”
  • “I just can”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “t understand the idea”

Origin

From real + -ise, possibly from French réaliser and Middle French réaliser (“to make real; to convert (something) into assets or cash”). See realize.

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