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realize
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
realize
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
achieve/fulfil/reach/realize your potential (=succeed as much as you have the potential to succeed)
▪ A lot of athletes find it difficult to achieve their potential.
achieve/fulfil/realize a dream (=do or get what you want)
▪ He had finally achieved his dream of winning an Olympic gold medal.
achieve/fulfil/realize your ambition (=do what you wanted to do)
▪ It took her ten years to achieve her ambition.
▪ He was prepared to go to any lengths to fulfil his ambition.
▪ I want to thank all those who made it possible for me to realize a lifetime 's ambition.
know/realize the extent of sth
▪ We do not yet know the extent of the damage.
realize your error
▪ By the time she realized her error, it was too late.
realize your mistake
▪ As soon as he realized his mistake he turned in the right direction.
realize/grasp the implications (=understand what they are)
▪ The government has been slow to grasp the implications of the current teacher shortage.
recognize/realize the importance of sth
▪ We all recognize the importance of his work.
suddenly realized
▪ I suddenly realized that there was someone following me.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
even
▪ And the big slob didn't even realize how objectionable he was.
▪ The sales pitch can be so slick that many consumers don't even realize they have bought magazines until the bill arrives.
▪ Without even realizing it, she had begun to back away.
▪ Muriel, eleven, never even realized what had happened.
▪ She sits and watches, and they do not even realize that she has provoked them to it.
▪ Had we run the falls without even realizing it?
▪ They gave me no encouragement at all and didn't even realize I was so into football.
▪ They may not even realize how awful they make you and your sisters feel.
how
▪ Penn said a decade passed before he realized how profoundly the experience had influenced him.
▪ Don't you realize how extremely proud that man was?
▪ Did Cornell realize how extensive his legacy would be over time?
▪ He was beginning to realize how very little he understood about either Edward or Katherine Schumacher.
▪ Norm had never realized how tiny Greene was, until now.
▪ Why hadn't she realized how hopeless she had become, how she had forgotten everything during those months of pregnancy?
▪ Sometimes when Rob realized how much he had old Albert, he felt uncomfortable.
never
▪ That stupid Agnes never realizes how strong she is, Perdita thought.
▪ You know, I never realized until now just how nice it was.
▪ Gabriel had never realized how many sick or imperfect people there were in the world.
▪ I had never realized how lovely they were, how kind, how unfailingly polite.
▪ I never realized just how evil you rally are.
▪ I had never realized before what a rich source of endorsement and approval mere weight loss could be.
▪ I never realized what good fun fishing was.
▪ Beavis and Butt-head never realized Daria was insulting them, which was part of the humor and also part of their attraction.
soon
▪ She soon realized that these activities were incompatible.
▪ At first she dumped the garden waste, but she soon realized this would make excellent garden compost.
▪ He soon realized he had made a dreadful mistake.
▪ But unlike the Fool, we soon realize that Zampano does not mean what he says.
▪ He realized soon, though, that there was a problem.
▪ He ran to midcourt and hugged Barros, but soon realized that 0. 8 seconds remained on the clock.
▪ This is not the book of a scholar, as you will soon realize, but that of a genuine enthusiast.
▪ His engineers soon realized that this was almost as ludicrous.
suddenly
▪ I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do if I were reprieved.
▪ Gabby felt tears sting her eyes, suddenly realizing the full force of what was happening.
▪ I realized suddenly that this was all.
▪ I said, suddenly realizing that this man was no Saturday-night drunk.
▪ Yes, she realized suddenly, that was it.
▪ Glover suddenly realized that he linked both this boy and Lois with the end of his privacy.
▪ I've suddenly realized how bizarre this situation is.
▪ I tried to sound composed, not to show courage but because I suddenly realized it was simply the only alternative.
■ NOUN
dream
▪ In the fourth sentence, the focus suddenly shifts to talking about creators in general and how they realize their dreams.
▪ They went on dreaming, but they could not exercise their power to realize their dreams.
▪ But even on the verge of realizing her dream, Gupta is having second thoughts.
▪ Now, however, he realized that those dreams were just fantasies and could never be fulfilled.
▪ But the man who made it possible for Texans to realize their dreams of legally hiding handguns, Republican Gov.
▪ He never came close to realizing his dream of winning the presidency.
▪ Some people dream great dreams, but they never develop a plan complete with goals and tactics to realize their dreams.
▪ Hope dies when there is no way of realizing our dreams.
mistake
▪ By the time they realized their mistake and released Mohiuddin, it was too late.
▪ The driver later realized his mistake and notified police.
▪ By 10.00am we realize our mistake in not pressing on all night.
▪ Prison officials calculated that she would be released this summer, realizing their mistake only this week.
▪ Almost inevitably Schultz had gone to the wrong church and had let his staff car go before realizing his mistake.
▪ Too late, she realized her mistake.
▪ In time, of course, they realized their mistake.
people
▪ It is worth pointing out that more work had been done by the pathfinders than many people realize.
▪ Few people realize where the cluster fly comes from.
▪ However public protests are also gathering momentum as people realize that shrimp farming seems to be a recipe for disaster.
▪ In fact, however, the experiences of men and women are much closer than most people realize.
▪ There's certainly one mobile unit on the market at the moment, though not many people realize it.
▪ A centre spread in the Evening Standard brought a new cascade. People were realizing that they had a choice.
▪ She felt she should hang up. People, she suddenly realized, could be awful.
potential
▪ Supporters like Jim Cummins maintain that heritage language teaching is an important step in helping immigrant students realize their potential.
▪ But as you grow in confidence, and experience, you will be able to realize your full potential.
▪ A research programme must be given a chance to realize its full potential.
▪ Under Adenauer and Schmidt it realized its full potential.
▪ The essential condition for realizing this potential is the overthrow of all forms of oppression.
▪ As though it does not matter that half of humanity have been prohibited from realizing their potential.
■ VERB
begin
▪ When the rumour reached Gabriel she began to realize what she would say to John Coffin.
▪ She could see his old confidence flooding back as he began to realize that everything was working out very conveniently ....
▪ But now, at last, Californians have begun to realize they are about to lose their landscape heritage.
▪ As we travel through life, we begin to realize that grief and deep disappointments lie beneath the surface of our lives.
▪ He began to realize just how much he knew, and began to think about being an announcer himself.
▪ Slothrop's search, however, has scarcely begun before he realizes that he himself is under investigation.
▪ And I began to realize that this is something I have to do.
beginning
▪ He was beginning to realize how very little he understood about either Edward or Katherine Schumacher.
▪ Community links Many schools are beginning to realize that a home page also can be a link to their communities.
▪ We are also beginning to realize that there are reciprocal interactions between steroids and behaviour.
▪ But despite all the advancements in recent decades, computers are only now beginning to realize their potential.
▪ Living with her, day in day out, I was beginning to realize how unstable she is.
▪ Art dealers were beginning to realize that paintings could become valuable investments for speculators.
▪ Now I think she's beginning to realize that I scorn her.
come
▪ Gradually she came to realize that it was reminding her of her father - her father and the allotment.
▪ The oddball species, Packard was coming to realize, were the main show of the clearings.
▪ In later years Chapman came to realize that the extension of the league system was having a bad effect on the game.
▪ The first time Jasmine came home, Paylor realized she would have to raise the child.
▪ It soon comes to realize that to receive human company, barking for a bit should be sufficient.
▪ By eighth grade John had come to realize that secrecy carried its own special entitlements.
▪ By accessing such areas of experience awareness is raised as the range of possible connections comes to be realized.
▪ Had my father at last come to realize how nice it was to have our own place?
fail
▪ He had failed, and he realized he would have to report back on the depth of his failure.
▪ They fail to realize that deposits are merely book entries.
▪ Men generally fail to realize that there are women in the pews in pain - and others have left.
▪ Stalin either failed to realize this or felt he had no choice.
▪ What they failed to realize was that the Volunteers were not being treated differently from anyone else.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
little did sb know/realize/think etc
▪ But little did he know at the time, how soon he'd need it.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "She's been promoted to chief executive." "Oh, really? I didn't realize."
▪ Even Horton's family hadn't realized how sick he was, both physically and emotionally.
▪ I realize that you are very busy, but could I talk to you for a few minutes?
▪ None of us realized the danger we were in.
▪ Oh, is that your chair? Sorry, I didn't realize.
▪ The initial campaign has realized $5000 in cash and pledges.
▪ Tim only realized his mistake the next day.
▪ We were obliged to realize most of our assets.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Astonishingly the Commission failed to realize that its proposed ratio of one additional member for three constituency members would be inadequate.
▪ Gabby felt tears sting her eyes, suddenly realizing the full force of what was happening.
▪ He'd cried out before he realized what the obstruction was: a pile of bollards.
▪ Mitch Snyder may have realized it was his best chance of making some kind of mark on the parish.
▪ Neither she nor many of the other pilots had the vision to realize they were looking at the future.
▪ Owen realized that was what they had come for.
▪ Then I realized it was Malpass.
▪ Women dieters, she realized, had been duped.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Realize

Realize \Re"al*ize\ (r[=e]"al*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Realized (-[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Realizing (-[imac]`z[i^]ng).] [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 effectuate; to accomplish; as, to realize a scheme or project.

    We realize what Archimedes had only in hypothesis, weighing 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.

Realize

Realize \Re"al*ize\, v. i. 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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
realize

1610s, "bring into existence," from French réaliser "make real" (16c.), from Middle French real "actual" (see real (adj.)). Sense of "understand clearly, make real in the mind" is first recorded 1775. Sense of "obtain, amass" is from 1753. Related: Realized; realizing.

Wiktionary
realize

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to accomplish. 2 (context transitive English) To become aware of a fact or situation.

WordNet
realize

  1. v. be fully aware or cognizant of [syn: recognize, recognise, realise, agnize, agnise]

  2. 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, realise, see]

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

  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, realise, pull in, bring in]

  5. convert into cash; of goods and property [syn: realise]

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

Wikipedia
Realize

Realize or realise may refer to:

  • "Realize" (song) (2008), by Colbie Caillat
  • "Realize" (Nami Tamaki song) (2003)
  • "Realize", a song by X-Wife from Side Effects
  • " Realize/Take a Chance" (2005), a single by Melody.
  • "Realise", a song by The Screaming Jets, from the album Scam
  • "Realize", a song by Codeine, from the EP Barely Real
  • "Realize", an album by Karsh Kale
Realize (song)

"Realize" is a song by American singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat, taken from her debut album, Coco (2007). The song is the follow-up to her worldwide debut hit " Bubbly", and was officially released in January 2008 as the second single from the album, peaking at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming her second Top 20 hit in the U.S.

The song is musically similar to "Bubbly", as it is an acoustic folk-pop song, where Caillat sings of having feelings for a best friend.

Caillat and her backup band performed "Realize" as the featured musical performance that closed the May 23, 2008 broadcast of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Usage examples of "realize".

But beyond Beneventum they had mostly to avail themselves of inns, none of which, Julia now realized, could have accommodated them in their old state.

Realizing he was not dealing with a mischievous or destructive student, the guard metamorphosed from accusatory to concerned.

Glen, his stomach churning, his groin tingling, managed to follow only a few steps before he realized the acrophobia was going to win.

With her first coherent thought, finding herself blanketed by tons of stony carbon, Maia realized that there were indeed worse things than acrophobia or seasickness.

I realized that as there was no limit to the number of operations which could be conducted, you could even have multiple independent units, bonded by affinity, and sharing a single identity.

Nobody had realized that the male drive to reproduce was still so fierce among the men of the Affluence, educated in the philosophy of Presentism.

I realize that it is not mandatory for the government to produce a corpse to substantiate a charge of murder, but a corpse or two is not too much to ask, if they are alleging over a hundred deaths.

When she finished, she took a deep breath and realized the allegro had done its work.

Bitterly alluring scents came to him, and as he darted into the grass, he realized he was hungry.

Then she saw the white dot appear, a dot that expanded most amazingly until she realized that it was a face rushing toward her, a face with no body, turning and turning, its long white hair and beard floating around it.

Gary came to realize that boredom would be their biggest enemy, boredom that led to ambivalence, ambivalence that would lead the companions to the same state as Jacek and his wretched band.

Whether or not she realized it, she was an invaluable source of information, Ambrose thought, turning a page of the newspaper.

But this soon, before they had actual physical custody--this made it imperative, he realized, to get the Anarch out of the ground with no delay, law or no law.

He had looked out at the quizzical faces, listened to the frantic scrawling of the panicking students, and realized that with a mind that ran and tripped and hurled itself down the corridors of theory in anarchic fashion, he could learn himself, in haphazard lurches, but he could not impart the understanding he so loved.

The townspeople realized the fruit of the Norman labor and a low moan came to Wulfgar as their voices raised in anguished protest.