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# realize

verb (realizes, realized, realizing; also spelt realise)

«realize» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To realize something is to understand clearly that it is true. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realize/#m1)
2. To realize a hope or wish is to make it come true. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realize/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories, a character suddenly understands a truth or what they feel

### Examples

- I realize I was wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realize/#x1)
- She did not realize the child was gone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realize/#x2)
- At last he realized how long the road was. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realize/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; it is about knowing, not counting

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «realize» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realize/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«realize» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/realize.html) on Mova free.