actualize

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.

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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.

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actualize

Past participle: actualized
Gerund: actualizing

Imperative

actualize

actualize

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Thesaurus

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"

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actualize

verb

To make real or actual:

materialize, realize.

Idioms: bring to pass, carry into effect.

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Translations

aktualisoidaaktualisoituatoteuttaatoteutua

aktualizirati

attuarerealizzare

actualize

[ˈæktjʊəlaɪz] VT

1. (= make real) → realizar

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

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actualize

vt → verwirklichen

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