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]