Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To make real; to realize.

    realisieren, verwirklichen

    make real or concrete; give reality or substance to

  2. (intransitive)To become actual or real.

    sich verwirklichen

  3. (reflexive)To realize one's full potential.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:actualize.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Ziri hasn't really actualized that part of him.

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  2. Despite me wanting to go to this place for a long time, I never had the courage to actualize my dream.

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
make real:
become real:

Forms

actualizes, actualizing, actualized, actualized
Base formactualize · to actualize
3rd person singularactualizes
Present participleactualizing
Past simpleactualized
Past participleactualized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyactualize
he, she, itactualizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsactualized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave actualized
he, she, ithas actualized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill actualize

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • represent or describe realistically:actualise
  • make real or concrete; give reality or substance to:realizerealiseactualisesubstantiate

Word family

7 related words
Relatedactuatereactualizeactualactualization
Derivedactualizableactualizerself-actualize

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
actressB1actualB2actualityactuallyA2actuaryactuate

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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