ACTUALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does actualize mean? 

• ACTUALIZE (verb)
  The verb ACTUALIZE has 2 senses:

1. make real or concrete; give reality or substance to

2. represent or describe realistically

  Familiarity information: ACTUALIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACTUALIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they actualize    ... he / she / it actualizes   
Past simple: actualized   
Past participle: actualized   
-ing form: actualizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make real or concrete; give reality or substance to

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

actualise; actualize; realise; realize; substantiate

Context example:

our ideas must be substantiated into actions

Hypernyms (to "actualize" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "actualize"):

incarnate (make concrete and real)

express (manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he actualize his major works over a short period of time?

Derivation:

actual (presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible)

actual (taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated)

actual (existing in act or fact)

actualization (making real or giving the appearance of reality)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Represent or describe realistically

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

actualise; actualize

Hypernyms (to "actualize" is one way to...):

represent (describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

actual (presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible)

actual (existing in act or fact)