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English Dictionary: realized	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for realized
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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" Synonym(s): accomplished, completed, realized, realised
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Realize \Re"al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Realized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Realizing}.] [Cf. F. r[82]aliser.] 1. To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to accomplish; as, to realize a scheme or project. We realize what Archimedes had only in hypothesis, weighting a single grain against the globe of earth. --Glanvill. 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. Many coincidences . . . soon begin to appear in them [Greek inscriptions] which realize ancient history to us. --Jowett. We can not realize it in thought, that the object . . . had really no being at any past moment. --Sir W. Hamilton. 3. To convert into real property; to make real estate of; as, to realize his fortune. 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. Knighthood was not beyond the reach of any man who could by diligent thrift realize a good estate. --Macaulay. 5. To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets.