realizes
Has the epiphany
Realizes means to become aware of something or to make something real.
In the first sense, you suddenly understand or recognize: She realized she'd left her phone at home.
In the second, you bring something into being: an architect realizes a design, an investor realizes a profit.
British English spells it realises.
Mentally grasps meaning
- graspsHolds or comprehends
- perceivesBecomes aware of something
- recognizesPerceives as known
- seesPerceives with eyes
discerns · apprehends · fathoms · knows · acknowledges · conceives · interprets · learns
Completes a goal successfully
- fulfillsCompletes as required
- attainsSucceeds in reaching
- completesBrings to an end
- executesCarries out fully
implements · reaches · obtains · delivers · produces · performs · succeeds · finalizes
Becomes physically present
- embodiesManifests in form
- incarnatesMakes concrete in form
- actualizesMakes something happen
- expressesCommunicates through words
personifies · enacts · concretizes · objectifies · externalizes · represents · demonstrates · illustrates
Becomes conscious again
- enlightensImparts knowledge or insight
- discoversFinds something previously unknown
- intuitsKnows without reasoning
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
understands
Mentally grasps meaning
- graspsHolds or comprehends
- perceivesBecomes aware of something
- recognizesPerceives as known
sees · discerns · apprehends · fathoms · knows · acknowledges · conceives · interprets · learns · deduces
accomplishes
Completes a goal successfully
executes · implements · reaches · obtains · delivers · produces · performs · succeeds · finalizes · concludes
materializes
Becomes physically present
- embodiesManifests in form
- incarnatesMakes concrete in form
- actualizesMakes something happen
expresses · personifies · enacts · concretizes · objectifies · externalizes · represents · demonstrates · illustrates
awakens
Becomes conscious again
- enlightensImparts knowledge or insight
- discoversFinds something previously unknown
- intuitsKnows without reasoning
- mental actionsthinks, considers, understands, perceives, recognizes
- successsuccess, succeeds, achievement, wins, triumph
- "gets" synonymsarrives, reaches, attains, achieves, accomplishes
- I realizeAcknowledging awareness already
- sudden realization
- dream realizedAchieved lifelong goal
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