realized

Adjective

US[ree-uh-lahyzd]/ˈriəˌlaɪzd/3 syllables

Synonyms: accomplished completed realised

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Adjective (1)

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”Synonyms: accomplished completed realisedOpposite incompleteSimilar complete

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

“realized” is listed under Realize.

Re′al·ize (rē′al-īz), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Realized (-īzd); present participle & verbal noun Realizing (-ī′zĭng).]

Origin: Cf. F. réaliser.

1. To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to effectuate; to accomplish; as, to realize a scheme or project.

We realize what Archimedes had only in hypothesis, weighing a single grain against the globe of earth.— Joseph 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.— Benjamin Jowett

We can not realize it in thought, that the object... had really no being at any past moment.— Sir William 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.— Thomas Babington Macaulay

5. To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54