realise

«realise» in Mova's school dictionary: to suddenly understand or become aware of something — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (realise, realises, realised, realising — British spelling; realize in American spelling)

meaning for a pupil

1) To realise means to suddenly understand or become aware of something. tree →

2) To realise a dream or plan means to make it come true. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories realising is often a turning point: «She realised she was lost». In maths: «I realised I had forgotten to carry the one». In everyday life we realise we forgot something. Phrases: realise that, suddenly realise, realise a dream, not realise.

examples

• I suddenly realised I had left my bag on the bus. tree →
• Did you realise it was raining? tree →
• He realised his mistake and fixed it. tree →
• She realised her dream of playing for the team. tree →
• They didn't realise how late it was. tree →
• When I checked my answer, I realised I had added instead of subtracted. tree →
• Then they realised that the sign would not help them at all. tree →

note

British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand spelling: realise; American and Canadian: realize — both correct. Noun: realisation/realization. «Realise» is about knowing, not «do in real life» — but «realise a dream» does mean make it real.

In the corpora

• Many pets end up in rescue centres because their owners did not realise how much care they need.
• Jake realised they had been scared of him before — and that scared is not the same as respect.
• Two kids in the class realised their «friends» failed, and told their parents that evening.
• It goes quiet, and Connor realises he doesn't miss him much.
• Anya didn't mean to brag; she just didn't realise how different her holidays are.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «realise» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.