realizes
UK spellingrealises
- 1Third-person singular simple present of realize.
The detective realizes that the witness has been lying all along.
Once the budget is approved, the company realizes a substantial profit on the deal.
Note
This is the form for he, she, it or any singular noun, and it carries every meaning of the verb. A that-clause points to dawning awareness (she realizes that it is late). A plain object can go either way: she realizes her mistake is awareness, he realizes his ambition makes it real, the firm realizes a profit earns money. Reflexively it means fulfilling one's potential: he realizes himself through his work.
realizes 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 → realizes: add -s
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