From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
realize
v 1: be fully aware or cognizant of [syn: recognize,
recognise, realize, realise, agnize, agnise]
2: 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]
3: make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our
ideas must be substantiated into actions" [syn: realize,
realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate]
4: 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]
5: convert into cash; of goods and property [syn: realize,
realise]
6: expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by
supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass [syn:
realize, realise]