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actualize

[ak-choo-uh-lahyz] / ˈæk tʃu əˌlaɪz /
VERB
make real
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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“It wasn’t as much solving this like, master plan or whatever. It was moreso helping him actualize the things that he was seeing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

But they nevertheless actualize Laura's words: Choosing flesh over immortality is to live and die, too.

From Salon • Sep. 13, 2023

It is always worth the effort to actualize them.

From Slate • May 13, 2023

Aristotle proposed the theory of hylomorphism, which states that form is actually present in the material world and responsible for causing the acorn to actualize its potential as an oak tree.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

His whole aspect of life and art was that of a man imbued with a sense of the beautiful and a longing to actualize some noble art purpose.

From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by Cooke, James Francis




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