REALISED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does realised mean? 

• REALISED (adjective)
  The adjective REALISED has 1 sense:

1. successfully completed or brought to an end

  Familiarity information: REALISED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REALISED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Successfully completed or brought to an end

Synonyms:

accomplished; completed; realised; realized

Context example:

the joy of a realized ambition overcame him

Similar:

complete (having every necessary or normal part or component or step)

 Context examples 

We both understood what that meant—that she had realised to the full her mother's death; so we tried what we could to comfort her.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

But here, by carrying with me one ceaseless source of regret in my sister's absence, I may reasonably hope to have all my expectations of pleasure realised.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Little did I think how soon the words of Holmes would be realised, or how strange and sinister would be that new development which opened up an entirely fresh line of investigation.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The researchers looked at how aluminium and chromium were zoned in the crystals and realised that this pattern was telling them something exciting and new about magma storage time.

(‘Crystal clocks’ used to time magma storage before volcanic eruptions, University of Cambridge)

Now we’ve realised that it’s the diversity of this invisible world of organic molecules that’s important.

(Climate change could double greenhouse gas emissions from freshwater ecosystems, University of Cambridge)

But the instant that she was gone he realised how crushing a misfortune this would be for you, and how all-important it was to set it right.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Detectors in Europe picked up the waves and experts realised this would be impossible if the core was liquid, as it was thought to be in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

(Earth's Core Confirmed to Be Solid After 80 Years of Study, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The coincidence was too great, and they realised that p1 must lie within the supernova remnant itself.

(Dead Star Circled by Light, ESO)

But what he had expected was nothing to what he realised.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

My uncle engaged afterwards in more prosperous undertakings: it appears he realised a fortune of twenty thousand pounds.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)