actualise

Bring to fruition

Actualise is the British spelling of actualize, meaning to make real or bring into existence something that was previously only potential or theoretical.

When you actualise a plan, you move it from concept to reality.

The term appears frequently in self-help and business contexts, where people speak of actualising their goals or potential.

She finally actualised her dream of opening a bakery.

achieve

accomplish

Complete successfully

realize · execute · succeed · deliver · effectuate · consummate · finalize · secure · produce · perform

manifest

materialize

Become physically present

incarnate · externalize · crystallize · solidify · objectify · physicalize · reify · express · represent

initiate

begin

To start something

inaugurate · embark · establish · found · kickoff · originate · instigate · activate · pioneer · undertake

Opposites
realization

actualiseimagine

Form mental pictures

dream · theorise · fantasize · theorize · conceptualise

action vs inaction

actualiseabandon

Leave behind permanently

suppress · stifle · neglect · shelve · thwart

Family

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