realise

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realise - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  realise
      v 1: 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"
           [syn: gain, take in, clear, make, earn,
           realize, realise, pull in, bring in]
      2: convert into cash; of goods and property [syn: realize,
         realise]
      3: expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by
         supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass [syn:
         realize, realise]
      4: make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our
         ideas must be substantiated into actions" [syn: realize,
         realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate]
      5: be fully aware or cognizant of [syn: recognize,
         recognise, realize, realise, agnize, agnise]
      6: 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" [syn:
         understand, realize, realise, see]