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Adjective: realised
Usage: Brit (=realized)
  1. Successfully completed or brought to an end
    "his mission realised he took a vacation"
    - accomplished, completed, realized
Verb: realise  'ree-u`lIz
Usage: Brit (=realize)
  1. Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
    - gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, pull in, bring in
     
  2. Convert into cash; of goods and property
    - realize
     
  3. Expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass
    - realize
     
  4. Make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
    "our ideas must be realised into actions"
    - realize, actualize, actualise [Brit], substantiate
     
  5. Be fully aware or cognizant of
    - recognize, recognise [Brit], realize, agnize, agnise [Brit]
     
  6. Perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
    "I don't realise the idea"
    - understand, realize, see

See also: complete, realisation [Brit]

Type of: acquire, cognise [Brit], cognize, create, flog [Brit], get, harmonise [Brit], harmonize, know, make, sell

Encyclopedia: Realise