realize

To become aware of, understand, or appreciate (a fact or situation, especially something which has been true for some time)

• Did you just realize that?

  Tatoeba · Eldad · CC BY 2.0 FR

• I realized I couldn't win.

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

To sense (something) strongly or vividly as if real

To cause (something) to seem real; to make realistic; specifically, to present (something) clearly to the mind, a person, (archaic) oneself, etc., so that it seems real

To convert (something imaginary or planned, as a goal or idea) into reality; to bring into real existence, to make real

To achieve (one's) potential

To convert (an asset or property, especially investments such as bonds, shares, etc.) into a more easily usable form such as money, especially by selling the asset or propertyrare

To acquire (money, a profit, etc.) by selling an asset or property, through trade, etc.; also (followed by on), to make (money or a profit) on an investment, a venture, etcrare

Of an asset or property: to generate (a specific amount of money or interest) when invested or soldrare

To turn (an abstract linguistic object, especially a phoneme) into a speech sound actually used in a languagerare

To obtain an entity from (an abstract group or structure)rare