realize

verb19

1. •
   to come to know or see that something is true, often suddenly

   • He realized that he had left his umbrella on the train.
   • She desperately yelled at her young daughter, frantic to make her realize what she had done.
2. •
   To sense (something) strongly or vividly as if real.

   • That any civilized human being in this nineteenth century should not be aware that the earth travelled round the sun appeared to be to me such an extraordinary fact that I could hardly realize it. — 1887
3. •
   To become aware of or understand a fact or situation.
4. •
   To convert (something imaginary or planned, as a goal or idea) into reality; to bring into real existence, to make real.

   • The objectives of the project were never fully realized.
5. •
   [with oneself] To achieve (one's) potential.
6. •
   To convert (an asset or property, especially investments such as bonds, shares, etc.) into a more easily usable form such as money, especially by selling the asset or property.

   • By realizing the company’s assets, the liquidator was able to return most of the shareholders’ investments.
   • Profits from the investment can be realized at any time by selling the shares.
7. •
   To acquire (money, a profit, etc.) by selling an asset or property, through trade, etc.; also (followed by on), to make (money or a profit) on an investment, a venture, etc.

   • to realize large profits from a speculation
8. •
   Of an asset or property: to generate (a specific amount of money or interest) when invested or sold.
9. •
   To convert an asset or property into a more easily usable form such as money.

   • A lucky purchase which he had made of shares in a copper-mine added very considerably to his wealth, and he realised with great prudence while this mine was still at its full vogue. — 1848
10. •
    Followed by on or upon: to acquire money or a profit from the sale of an asset or property.
11. •
    To turn (an abstract linguistic object, especially a phoneme) into a speech sound actually used in a language.

    • The southern /v/ is realized as the voiced approximant [ʋ].
12. •
    To obtain an entity from (an abstract group or structure).
13. •
    To cause (something) to seem real; to make realistic; specifically, to present (something) clearly to the mind, a person, (archaic) oneself, etc., so that it seems real.

    • [I]t vvas so vvarm in my Imagination, and so realiz'd to me, that to the Hour I savv them, I could not be persuaded, but that it vvas or vvould be true; […] — 1719
14. •
    To cause to seem real; to make realistic.

    • [Johann Wolfgang von] Goethe never sculptured an Apollo, nor painted a Madonna. He gives us only sinful Magdalens and rampant Fauns. He does not so much idealize as realize. — 1839
15. •
    To complete (a musical work which is incomplete or not fully notated).
16. •
    Chiefly in Baroque music: to play an accompaniment, harmonies, etc., based on (a figured bass).
17. •
    To arrange (a musical work written for a single performer) to be performed by an orchestra; to orchestrate.
18. •
    (no longer used) With an adverb like badly or well: of an asset or property being sold: to generate little or a lot of money.

    • The estate is expected to realize well as it comprises many valuable assets.
19. •
    (US, no longer used) To have an actual or real experience of (something).