Realized

3 definitions found

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

  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.
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              We realize what Archimedes had only in hypothesis,
              weighing a single grain against the globe of earth.
                                                    --Glanvill.
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     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.
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              Many coincidences . . . soon begin to appear in them
              [Greek inscriptions] which realize ancient history
              to us.                                --Jowett.
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              We can not realize it in thought, that the object .
              . . had really no being at any past moment. --Sir W.
                                                    Hamilton.
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     3. To convert into real property; to make real estate of; as,
        to realize his fortune.
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     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.
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              Knighthood was not beyond the reach of any man who
              could by diligent thrift realize a good estate.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     5. To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  realized
       adj : 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"
             [syn: {accomplished}, {completed}, {realised}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "realized":
     accomplished, achieved, appreciated, apprehended, ascertained,
     attained, compassed, comprehended, conceived, consummated,
     discerned, discharged, dispatched, disposed of, down pat, effected,
     effectuated, executed, fulfilled, grasped, implemented, known, pat,
     perceived, prehended, recognized, seized, set at rest, understood,
     wrought, wrought out