ac·tu·al·ize

(ăk′cho͞o-ə-līz′)

v. ac·tu·al·ized, ac·tu·al·iz·ing, ac·tu·al·iz·es

v.tr.

1. To realize in action or make real: "More flexible life patterns could ... nurture and renew our spirits through opportunities to actualize personal dreams" (Fred Best).

2. To describe or portray realistically.

v.intr.

To become actual.

ac′tu·al·i·za′tion (-ə-lĭ-zā′shən) n.

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actualize

(ˈæktʃʊəˌlaɪz) or

actualise

vb (tr)

1. to make actual or real

2. to represent realistically

ˌactualiˈzation, ˌactualiˈsation n

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ac•tu•al•ize

(ˈæk tʃu əˌlaɪz)

v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.

to make actual or real; turn into action or fact.

[1800–10]

ac`tu•al•i•za′tion, n.

actualize

Past participle: actualized
Gerund: actualizing

Imperative
actualize
actualize

Present
I actualize
you actualize
he/she/it actualizes
we actualize
you actualize
they actualize

Preterite
I actualized
you actualized
he/she/it actualized
we actualized
you actualized
they actualized

Present Continuous
I am actualizing
you are actualizing
he/she/it is actualizing
we are actualizing
you are actualizing
they are actualizing

Present Perfect
I have actualized
you have actualized
he/she/it has actualized
we have actualized
you have actualized
they have actualized

Past Continuous
I was actualizing
you were actualizing
he/she/it was actualizing
we were actualizing
you were actualizing
they were actualizing

Past Perfect
I had actualized
you had actualized
he/she/it had actualized
we had actualized
you had actualized
they had actualized

Future
I will actualize
you will actualize
he/she/it will actualize
we will actualize
you will actualize
they will actualize

Future Perfect
I will have actualized
you will have actualized
he/she/it will have actualized
we will have actualized
you will have actualized
they will have actualized

Future Continuous
I will be actualizing
you will be actualizing
he/she/it will be actualizing
we will be actualizing
you will be actualizing
they will be actualizing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been actualizing
you have been actualizing
he/she/it has been actualizing
we have been actualizing
you have been actualizing
they have been actualizing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been actualizing
you will have been actualizing
he/she/it will have been actualizing
we will have been actualizing
you will have been actualizing
they will have been actualizing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been actualizing
you had been actualizing
he/she/it had been actualizing
we had been actualizing
you had been actualizing
they had been actualizing

Conditional
I would actualize
you would actualize
he/she/it would actualize
we would actualize
you would actualize
they would actualize

Past Conditional
I would have actualized
you would have actualized
he/she/it would have actualized
we would have actualized
you would have actualized
they would have actualized

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb	1.	actualize - make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions" actualise, realize, substantiate, realise create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" incarnate - make concrete and real express - manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait); "Many of the laboratory animals express the trait"
	2.	actualize - represent or describe realistically actualise represent - describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel"

actualize

verb

To make real or actual:

materialize, realize.

Idioms: bring to pass, carry into effect.

Translations

aktualisoidaaktualisoituatoteuttaatoteutua

aktualizirati

attuare realizzare

actualize

[ˈæktjʊəlaɪz] VT

1. (= make real) → realizar

2. (= represent) → representar de manera realista, describir con realismo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

actualize

vt → verwirklichen

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