actualize

English

Alternative forms

• actualise (Commonwealth English)

Etymology

actual +‎ -ize

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæktju.əlaɪz/, /ˈæktʃu.əlaɪz/, /ˈæktʃəlaɪz/

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Verb

actualize (third-person singular simple present actualizes, present participle actualizing, simple past and past participle actualized)

1. (transitive) To make real; to realize.
2. (intransitive) To become actual or real.
3. (reflexive) To realize one's full potential.

Derived terms

• actualizable
• actualization
• actualizer
• self-actualize

 

Translations

make real

• Finnish: toteuttaa (fi), aktualisoida
• German: realisieren (de), verwirklichen (de)
• Hebrew: מִמֵּשׁ (he) (mimésh)
• Ido: aktualigar (io)
• Serbo-Croatian: aktualizirati (sh)
• Slovene: aktualizȋrati impf or pf (rare)
• Swedish: förverkliga (sv)

become real

• Finnish: toteutua (fi), aktualisoitua (fi)
• German: sich verwirklichen
• Ido: aktualeskar (io)
• Swedish: förverkliga (sv)

See also

• actuate
• reactualize

Portuguese

Verb

actualize

1. inflection of actualizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative