Sarah was discerning enough to realize that her friends were trying to prank her.
Source: tatoeba (1916)
Realize
//ˈɹɪə.laɪz//
Synonyms for "realize" (251 found)
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catchcatch oncatch on tocauseclean upclearcognizecoin moneycommercializecommitcompasscomprehendconceiveconceptualizeconjure upconstituteconsummatecreatedeal withdemonstrate
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descrydevelopdigdigestdiscerndischargedispatchdispose ofdistinguishdodo the jobdo the trickdo toearneffecteffectuateembodyenactengenderengineerenvisageenvisionestablishexecuteexemplifyfancyfatherfathomfeaturefetchfigurefindfollowforeshadowformfoundfulfilfulfillgain bygenerategestategetget hold ofget the driftget the hang ofget the ideaget the picturegive birth togive occasion togive origin to
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give rise togo and dograspgrosshavehave information abouthave it tapedhave knowledge ofidentifyillustrateimageimagineimpersonateinaugurateincarnateinceptindustrializeinflictinstallinstitute
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just seekenknock offknowknow againlearnmakemake a killingmake moneymake money bymake outmanagemass-producemastermaterializemirrornailnetobjectifyoccasionorganizeoriginateoverproducepaypegperceiveperfectperformperpetratepersonatepersonifypicturepierceplacepolish offpossessprefigureprehendpretypifyproduceprofitprojectpull offpurchaseput awayreachreadrealize onrecall knowledge ofreflectreidentifyrenderrepresentreturnsavvyscoreseeseizeseize the meaningsellsell forsenseset afloatset on footset upshadowshadow forthsirespotsucceedsummon uptaketake and dotake care oftake intellthinkturn a pennyturn the trickturn to accountturn to profittwigup and dovisionvisualizevolume-producewinworkwork outwotwot ofwreak
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Adjective(1 words)
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213 translations across 51 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- أَدْرَكَ verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- بَاعَ verb ((transitive) to convert (an asset or property) into a more easily usable form such as money, especially by selling the asset or property; (intransitive) to convert an asset or property into a more easily usable form such as money)
- حَقَّقَ verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
Armenian
2 entries- իրականացնել verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- հասկանալ verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- anlamaq verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- dərk etmək verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Basque
1 entries- konturatu verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Belarusian
1 entries- усвядоміць verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Bulgarian
4 entries- изпълнявам verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- осъзнавам verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- осъществявам verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- разбирам verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Catalan
2 entries- adonar-se verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- realitzar verb ((transitive) to convert (an asset or property) into a more easily usable form such as money, especially by selling the asset or property; (intransitive) to convert an asset or property into a more easily usable form such as money)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 實現 /实现 verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- 意識到 /意识到 verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- 發現 /发现 verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Czech
4 entries- realizovat verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- realizovat se verb (To achieve (one’s) potential)
- uskutečnit verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- uvědomit si verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Danish
4 entries- gennemføre verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- indse verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- realisere verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- virkeliggøre verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
Dutch
4 entries- beseffen verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- bewerkstelligen verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- inzien verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- realiseren verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
Esperanto
4 entries- ekkompreni verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- ekkonscii verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- konscii verb (to sense (something) strongly or vividly as if real)
- realigi verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
Estonian
2 entries- aru saama verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- taipama verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Finnish
4 entries- hoksata verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- huomata verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- kuvitella todeksi verb (to sense (something) strongly or vividly as if real)
- realisoida verb ((transitive) to convert (an asset or property) into a more easily usable form such as money, especially by selling the asset or property; (intransitive) to convert an asset or property into a more easily usable form such as money)
French
4 entries- prendre conscience verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- réaliser verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- réaliser verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- réaliser verb ((transitive) to convert (an asset or property) into a more easily usable form such as money, especially by selling the asset or property; (intransitive) to convert an asset or property into a more easily usable form such as money)
Galician
1 entries- decatar verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
German
4 entries- erkennen verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- feststellen verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- realisieren verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- realisieren verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
Greek
4 entries- αντιλαμβάνομαι verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- διαπιστώνω verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- πιστοποιώ verb ((transitive) to cause (something) to seem real; to present (something) clearly to the mind, a person, etc., so that it seems real; (intransitive) to cause to seem real)
- πραγματοποιώ verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
Hebrew
3 entries- גילה verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- הבין verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- התוודע verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Hungarian
4 entries- eszébe jut verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- felismer verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- megvalósít verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- rádöbben verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Icelandic
4 entries- fatta verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- framkvæma verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- gera sér grein fyrir verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- gera sér ljóst verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Ido
1 entries- realigar verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
Indonesian
1 entries- mewujudkan verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
Ingrian
1 entries- hoomata verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Interlingua
2 entries- realisar verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- realisar verb ((transitive) to convert (an asset or property) into a more easily usable form such as money, especially by selling the asset or property; (intransitive) to convert an asset or property into a more easily usable form such as money)
Irish
1 entries- réadaigh verb ((transitive) to convert (an asset or property) into a more easily usable form such as money, especially by selling the asset or property; (intransitive) to convert an asset or property into a more easily usable form such as money)
Italian
4 entries- accorgersi verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- fruttare verb ((transitive) to convert (an asset or property) into a more easily usable form such as money, especially by selling the asset or property; (intransitive) to convert an asset or property into a more easily usable form such as money)
- liquidare verb ((transitive) to convert (an asset or property) into a more easily usable form such as money, especially by selling the asset or property; (intransitive) to convert an asset or property into a more easily usable form such as money)
- realizzare verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
Japanese
3 entries- 実現する verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- 悟る verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- 気付く verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Khmer
2 entries- ដឹងខ្លួន verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- ភ្ញាក់ verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Korean
2 entries- 깨닫다 verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- 실현하다 verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
Ladin
1 entries- se rënder cont verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Ladino
2 entries- meter en tino verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- renderse kuento verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Latin
4 entries- efficio verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- reperio verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- reperio verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- sentio verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Latvian
3 entries- realizēt verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- realizēt verb ((transitive) to convert (an asset or property) into a more easily usable form such as money, especially by selling the asset or property; (intransitive) to convert an asset or property into a more easily usable form such as money)
- īstenot verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
Lithuanian
4 entries- realizuoti verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- suvokti verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- suvokti verb ((transitive) to cause (something) to seem real; to present (something) clearly to the mind, a person, etc., so that it seems real; (intransitive) to cause to seem real)
- įgyvendinti verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
Māori
4 entries- huatau verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- whakaea verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- whakamea verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- whakatinana verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- uhisi verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Polish
4 entries- realizować verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- realizować verb ((transitive) to convert (an asset or property) into a more easily usable form such as money, especially by selling the asset or property; (intransitive) to convert an asset or property into a more easily usable form such as money)
- spostrzec verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- spostrzegać verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Portuguese
4 entries- concretizar verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- dar-se conta verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- notar verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- perceber verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Romanian
1 entries- realiza verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Russian
4 entries- вообража́ть verb (to sense (something) strongly or vividly as if real)
- вообрази́ть verb (to sense (something) strongly or vividly as if real)
- звуча́ть verb (to turn (an abstract linguistic object) into a speech sound actually used in a language)
- изобража́ть verb ((transitive) to cause (something) to seem real; to present (something) clearly to the mind, a person, etc., so that it seems real; (intransitive) to cause to seem real)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ostváriti verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- оства́рити verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
Slovene
1 entries- unovčiti verb ((transitive) to convert (an asset or property) into a more easily usable form such as money, especially by selling the asset or property; (intransitive) to convert an asset or property into a more easily usable form such as money)
Spanish
4 entries- acordar verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- apiolarse [de] verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- caer el veinte [de] verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- caer en cuenta [de] verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Swedish
4 entries- att) verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- förverkliga verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- realisera verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- sanna verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
Tagalog
2 entries- mapansin verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- matanto verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Tamil
1 entries- உணர் verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
Turkish
4 entries- bilincine varmak verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- fark etmek verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- farkına varmak verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- gerçekleştirmek verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
Ukrainian
4 entries- збагну́ти verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- зді́йснювати verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
- зрозумі́ти verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- реалізува́ти verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
Vietnamese
2 entries- nhận ra verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- thực hiện verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
Welsh
4 entries- gwireddu verb ((transitive) to convert (an asset or property) into a more easily usable form such as money, especially by selling the asset or property; (intransitive) to convert an asset or property into a more easily usable form such as money)
- realeiddio verb ((transitive) to convert (an asset or property) into a more easily usable form such as money, especially by selling the asset or property; (intransitive) to convert an asset or property into a more easily usable form such as money)
- sylweddoli verb ((''transitive'') to become aware of or understand (a fact or situation); (''intransitive'') to become aware of or understand a fact or situation)
- sylweddu verb (to convert (something imaginary or planned) into reality; to make real)
Sample sentences
63 total sentences available.
Life begins when we realize who we really are.
Source: tatoeba (2056)
The day will come when you will realize it.
Source: tatoeba (17997)
It took him a moment to realize where he was after he came to.
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