realize

Meaning

Verb

• To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into reality; to bring into real existence
• To become aware of (a fact or situation, especially of something that has been true for a long time).
• To cause to seem real; to sense vividly or strongly; to make one's own in thought or experience.
• To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get
• To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, such as shares, bonds, etc.
• To convert into real property; to make real estate of.
• To turn an abstract linguistic object into actual language, especially said of a phoneme's conversion into speech sound.

Origin

• Attested since 1610, from French réaliser, from Middle French real ("actual"), from Old French reel, from Latin reālis, from rēs; as if real + -ize.