Definition of actualize
intransitive verb
:to become actual
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Examples of actualize in a Sentence
several years passed before any profits from the enterprise actualized
Recent Examples of actualize from the Web
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The group hopes to have their dream actualized by August 2020, the centennial of women suffrage in the United States.
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This event actualized the idea, long-theorized, that the private realm has political consequence: that the kitchen sink is just as important a terrain as whatever avenue one marches down.
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This idea of steadiness is a quality Cohan tries to actualize in her character, Maggie.
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First Known Use of actualize
1701
actualize Synonyms
Synonyms
begin, appear, arise, break, commence, dawn, engender, form, materialize, originate, set in, spring, startAntonyms
cease, end, stopRelated Words
be, breathe, exist, live, subsist; arrive, come on, emerge; coalesce, cohere, shape (up); continue, endure, last, persist, surviveNear Antonyms
conclude, desist, discontinue, finish, halt, quit, terminate; disappear, dissolve, evaporate, vanish; depart, die, expire, pass away, perishLearn More about actualize
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