realize

Verb

• expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass

• convert into cash; of goods and property

• 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
    

• make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
  • our ideas must be substantiated into actions
    

• 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
    

• be fully aware or cognizant of

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  realise , gain , take in , clear , make , earn , pull in , bring in , actualize , actualise , substantiate , understand , see , recognize , recognise , agnize , agnise