Dictionary entry details
• REALIZE (verb)
Meaning:
Be fully aware or cognizant of
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
agnise; agnize; realize; recognize; realise; recognise
Hypernyms (to "realize" is one way to...):
cognise; cognize; know (be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "realize"):
know (know the nature or character of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
realize; see; understand; realise
Context examples:
Now I see! / I just can't see your point / Does she realize how important this decision is? / I don't understand the idea
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "realize"):
perceive (become conscious of)
appreciate; take account (be fully aware of; realize fully)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence example:
They realize that there was a traffic accident
Meaning:
Make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
actualise; actualize; substantiate; realize; realise
Context example:
our ideas must be substantiated into actions
Hypernyms (to "realize" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "realize"):
incarnate (make concrete and real)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Did he realize his major works over a short period of time?
Meaning:
Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
realise; earn; pull in; bring in; realize; gain; make; take in; clear
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "realize" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "realize"):
gross (earn before taxes, expenses, etc.)
rake in; shovel in (earn large sums of money)
bring home; take home (earn as a salary or wage)
rake off (take money from an illegal transaction)
profit; turn a profit (make a profit; gain money or materially)
eke out; squeeze out (make by laborious and precarious means)
bear; pay; yield (bring in)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Convert into cash; of goods and property
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
realise; realize
Hypernyms (to "realize" is one way to...):
sell (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent)
Domain category:
commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
realise; realize
Hypernyms (to "realize" is one way to...):
harmonise; harmonize (write a harmony for)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
