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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
realise

chiefly British English spelling of realize; for suffix, see -ize. Related: Realisation; realised; realising.

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realise

vb. (standard spelling of from=Non-Oxford British spelling realize English)

WordNet
realise
  1. v. 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, realize, pull in, bring in]

  2. convert into cash; of goods and property [syn: realize]

  3. expand or complete (a thorough-based part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass [syn: realize]

  4. make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions" [syn: realize, actualize, actualise, substantiate]

  5. be fully aware or cognizant of [syn: recognize, recognise, realize, agnize, agnise]

  6. perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea" [syn: understand, realize, see]

Usage examples of "realise".

Realising that he had no more to tell, I returned to Arkham and sat up till morning writing letters to Akeley, to the express company and to the police department and station agent in Keene.

Indeed, it is only after considerable time that we realise that this man speaking with the enthusiasm of a black magician is discussing the ability of Andrias to perceive colours and his ability to distinguish various shades.

Robert realised that the situation was desperate and decided that the Queen should return to Kildrummy Castle with Neil Bruce and the Earl of Atholl, and then try to get to Norway.

Apparently it was only when he was immobilised by a terrible fit in Barnaul, in February 1857, a month after marrying Mariya Dmitriyevna Isayeva, that he took medical advice and realised the full extent of his illness.

Advantage of going on to Benghazi and thus securing Egypt and the fleet base in the Eastern Mediterranean are fully realised, provided that it can be done without prejudice to European interests.

She wondered what fate had befallen them, and her heart was filled with fear for their safety, realising as well she might the extremes to which Bharata Rahon might go in his ruthless greed for power.

It was not till Bids went to school that Evie realised she was in bondage.

Toby suddenly realised that there were lights in some of the windows of Blackacre Farm.

Over the years, Boardman had come to realise that in criminal investigation there was no substitute for the step-by-solitary-step approach.

Then, once the other dealers had realised their mistake, they would be forced to cover their shorts, in other words buy back the bonds they had sold short earlier.

Water seeped down the walls, which Charlton realised consisted of a fibrous substance covered in pale veins, like dock leaves.

Only the fact that it was faint in the azure sky made Charlton realise how far away it must be, and how huge it must be.

Kitty told her nothing of her latest conversation with the tall stranger--she realised she still had no idea who Jack Chiltern was--and, picking up their baggage, helped her maid up on to the deck and down the gangplank on to French soil.

They were invisible, clots of air itself, Cutter realised, thrown down from the fight above, the torn-off meat of an air elemental discarded by an implacable air golem, the hands of a golem bitten through by a frantic luftgeist.

The drive was therefore made away from this point, with the confident expectation that the guerilla chief would break back through the columns, and that they might then pivot round upon him and hustle him so rapidly into the desired position that he would not realise his danger until it was too late.