"actualize" meaning in English

See actualize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈæktju.əlaɪz/, /ˈæktʃu.əlaɪz/, /ˈæktʃəlaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-actualize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: actualizes [present, singular, third-person], actualizing [participle, present], actualized [participle, past], actualized [past], actualise [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English actual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English actualize From actual + -ize. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|actual|-ize|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English actual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English actualize [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-id-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-idyéti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íďďō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ζω", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "-izō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-iser", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-isen", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "actualize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="actualize"> From actual + -ize. Head templates: {{en-verb}} actualize (third-person singular simple present actualizes, present participle actualizing, simple past and past participle actualized)
  1. (transitive) To make real; to realize. Tags: transitive Translations (make real): toteuttaa (Finnish), aktualisoida (Finnish), réaliser (French), realisieren (German), verwirklichen (German), מִמֵּשׁ (mimésh) (Hebrew), aktualigar (Ido), aktualizirati (Serbo-Croatian), aktualizȋrati [imperfective, perfective, rare] (Slovene), realizar (Spanish), förverkliga (Swedish)
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  2. (intransitive) To become actual or real. Tags: intransitive Translations (become real): toteutua (Finnish), aktualisoitua (Finnish), sich verwirklichen (German), aktualeskar (Ido), förverkliga (Swedish)
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  3. (reflexive) To realize one's full potential. Tags: reflexive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: actualizable, actualization, actualizer, self-actualize Related terms: actuate, reactualize

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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