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say it: REE-uh-lahyz
realize is a verb meaning "be fully aware or cognizant of". It carries 6 recorded senses.
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”
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”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for realize come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.