realize

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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?

  Ist Ihnen das gerade klar geworden?

  Tatoeba · Eldad · CC BY 2.0 FR

• I realized I couldn't win.

  Mir wurde klar, dass ich nicht gewinnen konnte.

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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To sense (something) strongly or vividly as if real

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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

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

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To achieve (one's) potential

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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 propertyselten

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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, etcselten

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

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

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