realized
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Definition
Adjective 1. Successfully completed or achieved: Describes something that was a goal, ambition, or plan and has now been successfully finished or made real. 2. Made real or concrete: Describes an abstract idea, dream, or potential that has been converted into a tangible fact or reality.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The joy of a realized ambition overcame him. (The happiness from an ambition that was successfully achieved overwhelmed him.)
- After years of saving, their dream of a beach house was finally realized. (Their abstract dream became a concrete reality.)
- The project's realized benefits exceeded all expectations. (The actual, achieved benefits of the project were greater than expected.)
Advanced Usage
- "fully realized": Emphasizes that something has been developed or achieved to its complete potential.
- The character in the novel is not fully realized until the final chapter.
- "realized gain/loss" (Finance): Refers to a profit or loss that has been made concrete by selling an asset, as opposed to a theoretical ("unrealized") change in value.
- He reported a realized capital gain on his tax return after selling the stock.
Variants and Related Words
- Realize (verb): To become fully aware of something; to cause something to happen or become real.
- I didn't realize how late it was. (To become aware)
- She worked hard to realize her vision. (To make real)
- Realization (noun): The act of realizing or the state of being realized.
- The realization of his mistake came too late.
- The festival was the realization of a community effort.
Synonyms
- Accomplished: Successfully completed.
- Completed: Brought to an end; finished.
- Achieved: Attained through effort.
- Fulfilled: Satisfied or carried out, as a promise or ambition.
- Actualized: Made actual or real.
Antonyms
- Unrealized: Not achieved or made real.
- Failed: Not successful.
- Potential: Existing in possibility, not yet actual.
- Theoretical: Based on theory, not yet practical or real.
Adjective
- successfully completed or brought to an end
- his mission accomplished he took a vacation
- the completed project
- the joy of a realized ambition overcame him