American English pronunciation

How to pronounce realized

IPA transcription: ['ɹiə,laɪzd]

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Verb

  • 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”

  • be fully aware or cognizant of

  • 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”

  • make real or concrete; give reality or substance to

    “our ideas must be substantiated into actions”

  • convert into cash; of goods and property

  • expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass

Adjective

  • successfully completed or brought to an end

    “his mission accomplished he took a vacation”

    “the completed project”

    “the joy of a realized ambition overcame him”

Usage examples

  • But then I realized she couldn't have been.
  • Years passed before he realized the truth.
  • Then he realized that he had been distracted for a few moments, looking at the sword.
  • The four soon realized their similar interests in music.
  • Then he realized that he had been distracted for a few moments, looking at the sword.
  • I realized that what I wanted to do was make films.
  • But then I realized she couldn't have been.
  • He also realized studies about the Lucca-Aulla railway, and about other railways in the Po Valley.
  • I'm a lot closer to being able to do a pull-up than I realized.
  • I realized that hiding something is a very effective working technique.