realise
realise verb: non-Oxford British standard spelling of realize.
Verb
realise (third-person singular simple present realises, present participle realising, simple past and past participle realised)
- Non-Oxford British standard spelling of realize.
- [F]aith realiſeth the ſufferings of Chriſt; it looks upon Chriſt as the common treaſury of all grace, as the principle of life, and root of holineſs.a. 1733 (date written), Thomas Boston, “The Danger of Unworthy Communicating”, in An Illustration of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion, with Reference to Faith and Practice. […], 2nd edition...
- All joy or ſorrovv for the happineſs or calamities of others, is produced by an act of the imagination, that realiſes the event hovvever fictitious, or approximates it hovvever remote, by placing us for a time in the condition of him vvhoſe fortune vve comtemplate; […]1750 October 23 (Gregorian calendar), Samuel Johnson, “No. [60]. Friday, October 13. 1750.”, in The Rambler, volume III, Edinburgh: [[…] Sands, Murray, and Cochran]; sold by W. Gordon, C. Wright, J....
realise meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
realise in Hindi
- to realise
- पटाना paṭānā
realise in Tamil
- புரிந்துக் கொள்ளுதல், தெரிந்துக் கொள்ளுதல், உணர்ந்துக் கொள்ளுதல், உள்ளதாக்குதல், ஈடேற்றிக் கொள்ளுதல், உடைமையாக்கிக் கொள்ளுதல்
realise in Urdu
- realise
- احساس کرنا ehsās karnā
realise in Bengali
- উপলব্ধি করা, বোঝা
More languagesFewer languages
- realise in Kannada
- ಎದೆಗಾಣು, ತಿಳಿದುಕೊಳ್ಳು, ಮನಗಾಣು, ಹಣಪಡೆ
- realise in Punjabi
- ਪਛਾਣਨਾ pachāṇnā
- realise in Sanskrit
- अधिगच्छति adhigacchati
- realise in Nepali
- पकाउनु pakāunu
Examples of realise in a sentence
- He shall dispose thy lot, / Nor weep for woe thou realisest not: / They shall precede thee to the better land, / And meet and greet thee on its joyful strand.[1849], “‘Woman, Why Weepest Thou?’”, in Memorials of Bertie’s Brother and Infant Sister. […], London: Ward and Co., […], →OCLC, page 79:
- A lucky purchase which he had made of shares in a copper-mine added very considerably to his wealth, and he realised with great prudence while this mine was still at its full vogue.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, “A Pedigree and Other Family Matters”, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume...
- Utterly helpleſs, thou wert ſinking for ever, and realiſedſt not the fearfulneſs of thy poſition, for thus wert thou born and nurtured.1865, [Henry] Suso, “Light after Darkness”, in [anonymous], transl., Spiritual Voices from the Middle Ages. […], London: Joseph Masters...
- And for the first time she realised what it was to escape from the smallish perfection of England, into the grander imperfection of a great continent.1920, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “The Journey Across”, in The Lost Girl, London: Martin Secker […], →OCLC, page 325:
Forms of realise
| third-person singular present | realises |
|---|---|
| present participle | realising |
| past participle | realised |
| past | realised |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | realisest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | realisedst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | realiseth |
Origin of realise
From real + -ise, possibly from French réaliser and Middle French réaliser (“to make real; to convert (something) into assets or cash”). See realize.
Words formed from realise
- derealise
- disrealise
- hyperrealise
- outrealise
- realisability
- realisable
- realisation
- realised
- realiser
- realising
- unrealise
- unrealised
- unrealisedness
Questions about realise
- What does realise mean?
- Realise means non-Oxford British standard spelling of realize.
- What is realise in Hindi?
- Realise in Hindi is पटाना (paṭānā). See Realise meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use realise in a sentence?
- He shall dispose thy lot, / Nor weep for woe thou realisest not: / They shall precede thee to the better land, / And meet and greet thee on its joyful strand.
- What part of speech is realise?
- Realise is a verb.
- What is the past tense of realise?
- The past tense of realise is realised.
Words near realise in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: realise (page history and authors); पटाना (Hindi) (page history and authors); realise (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); احساس کرنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); realise (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); realise (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਪਛਾਣਨਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); अधिगच्छति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); पकाउनु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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