[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

realize \re"alize\ r=e"alimacz, v. t. imp.  p. p.
   realized -imaczd; p. pr.  vb. n. realizing
   -imac`zi^ng. cf. f. r'ealiser.
   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.
      1913 webster

            we realize what archimedes had only in hypothesis,
            weighing a single grain against the globe of earth.
                                                  --glanvill.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            many coincidences . . . soon begin to appear in them
            greek inscriptions which realize ancient history
            to us.                                --jowett.
      1913 webster

            we can not realize it in thought, that the object .
            . . had really no being at any past moment. --sir w.
                                                  hamilton.
      1913 webster

   3. to convert into real property; to make real estate of; as,
      to realize his fortune.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            knighthood was not beyond the reach of any man who
            could by diligent thrift realize a good estate.
                                                  --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   5. to convert into actual money; as, to realize assets.
      1913 webster
see also:
realized realizing 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

realize \re"alize\, v. i.
   to convert any kind of property into money, especially
   property representing investments, as shares in stock
   companies, bonds, etc.
   1913 webster

         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.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

realize
     v 1: 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
see also:
recognize recognise realise agnize agnise understand 
see actualize actualise substantiate gain 
take in clear make earn pull in 
bring in 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

214 moby thesaurus words for "realize":
   absorb, accomplish, achieve, act, actualize, adumbrate, appreciate,
   apprehend, assimilate, attain, author, be acquainted with,
   be apprised of, be aware of, be cognizant of, be conscious of,
   be conversant with, be informed, be productive, be sold,
   be with one, bear, beget, body forth, breed, bring, bring about,
   bring forth, bring in, bring into being, bring off,
   bring to effect, bring to fruition, bring to pass, call to mind,
   call up, capitalize on, cash in on, catch, catch on, catch on to,
   cause, clean up, clear, cognize, coin money, commercialize, commit,
   compass, comprehend, conceive, conceptualize, conjure up,
   constitute, consummate, create, deal with, demonstrate, dig,
   digest, discern, discharge, dispatch, dispose of, distinguish, do,
   do the job, do the trick, do to, earn, effect, effectuate, embody,
   enact, engender, engineer, envisage, envision, establish, execute,
   exemplify, fancy, father, fathom, feature, fetch, figure, follow,
   foreshadow, form, found, fulfill, gain, gain by, generate, gestate,
   get, get hold of, get the drift, get the idea, get the picture,
   give birth to, give occasion to, give origin to, give rise to,
   go and do, grasp, gross, have, have information about,
   have it taped, have knowledge of, identify, illustrate, image,
   imagine, impersonate, inaugurate, incarnate, incept, industrialize,
   inflict, install, institute, just see, ken, knock off, know,
   know again, learn, make, make a killing, make money, make money by,
   make out, manage, mass-produce, master, materialize, mirror, nail,
   net, objectify, occasion, organize, originate, overproduce, pay,
   peg, perceive, perform, perpetrate, personate, personify, picture,
   place, polish off, possess, prefigure, prehend, pretypify, produce,
   profit, project, pull off, put away, reach, read, realize on,
   recall knowledge of, recognize, reflect, reidentify, render,
   represent, return, savvy, score, see, seize, seize the meaning,
   sell, sell for, sense, set afloat, set on foot, set up, shadow,
   shadow forth, sire, spot, succeed, summon up, take, take and do,
   take care of, take in, tell, turn a penny, turn the trick,
   turn to account, turn to profit, twig, understand, up and do,
   vision, visualize, volume-produce, win, work, work out, wot,
   wot of, wreak

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