Realise

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  realise
       v 1: 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},


             {realize}, {pull in}, {bring in}]
       2: convert into cash; of goods and property [syn: {realize}]
       3: expand or complete (a thorough-based part in a piece of
          baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the
          figured bass [syn: {realize}]
       4: make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our
          ideas must be substantiated into actions" [syn: {realize},
           {actualize}, {actualise}, {substantiate}]
       5: be fully aware or cognizant of [syn: {recognize}, {recognise},
           {realize}, {agnize}, {agnise}]
       6: 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}, {realize}, {see}]