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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (6)

1. earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages;
- Example: "How much do you make a month in your new job?"
- Example: "She earns a lot in her new job"
- Example: "this merger brought in lots of money"
- Example: "He clears $5,000 each month"
[syn: gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in]

2. convert into cash; of goods and property;
[syn: realize, realise]

3. expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass;
[syn: realize, realise]

4. make real or concrete; give reality or substance to;
- Example: "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"
[syn: realize, realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate]

5. be fully aware or cognizant of;
[syn: recognize, recognise, realize, realise, agnize, agnise]

6. perceive (an idea or situation) mentally;
- Example: "Now I see!"
- Example: "I just can't see your point"
- Example: "Does she realize how important this decision is?"
- Example: "I don't understand the idea"
[syn: understand, realize, realise, see]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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