REALIZED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does realized mean? 

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

1. successfully completed or brought to an end

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• REALIZED (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 

The man had brought his gun halfway to his shoulder before he realized.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

For the first time I thoroughly realized the extent of the task before us.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

It was at Circle City, ere the year was out, that Pete’s apprehensions were realized.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Something rushed out at us and my heart sprang into my mouth, but I could have laughed when I realized that it was the cat.

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

"Then, a year later, the LIGO event happened. We looked at our old data with new eyes and realized we had indeed caught a kilonova in 2016."

(Astronomers find a golden glow from a distant stellar collision, National Science Foundation)

The key, the scientists realized, was neutral particles.

(Scientists Uncover Origins of the Sun’s Swirling Spicules, NASA)

It's interacting with the water cycle, and can influence clouds in ways that people hadn't realized before.

(Estimating how pollen particles in the atmosphere influence climate, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

My castle was the most nearly realized of all.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

We realized that Zambo spoke the truth, and that it would be impossible for him to keep them.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

For the first time he realized that eating was something more than a utilitarian function.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)