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realize

rea·lize

UK/ˈɹɪə.laɪz/ US/ˈɹi(.ə)ˌlaɪz/ very common us

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perceive (an idea or situation) mentally

  • “Now I see!”
  • “I just can”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “t understand the idea”
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3.

make real or concrete; give reality or substance to

  • “our ideas must be substantiated into actions”
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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”
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5.

convert into cash; of goods and property

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6.

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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Origin

PIE word *reh₁ís Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English realize From real (adjective) + -ize (suffix denoting the making of what is indicated by the word it is attached to), possibly modelled after French réaliser, Middle French réaliser (“to make real; to convert (something) into assets or cash”), from real (“actual, real”) + -iser (suffix denoting the making of what is indicated by the word it is attached to). Real is derived from Old French reel, from Latin reālis (“actual, real”), from rēs (“deed; event; matter; thing”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“goods; wealth”)) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship).

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