realized
UK spellingrealised
- 1Simple past and past participle of realize.
He realized his mistake only after the report had been printed.
By the end of the meeting, everyone had realized the plan was flawed.
Note
A regular -ed form doing two jobs: the plain past (she realized) and the participle after have or be (had realized, was realized). Before a noun, the participle usually leaves the "became aware" meaning behind and carries the senses of making real or turning into money. A realized ambition has been brought into being, and a realized profit has been converted to cash, not merely noticed.
realized is a form of realize
realize, verb: To recognize a fact or situation or grasp its meaning or importance, often after it has existed for some time. Full entry
- Spelling
- realize → realized: add -d
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