Meanings
verbactualize (third-person singular simple present actualizes, present participle actualizing, simple past and past participle actualized)
present singular third person actualizes · participle present actualizing · participle past actualized · past actualized · alternative actualise
- intransitiveTo become actual or real.
- reflexiveTo realize one's full potential.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:actualize.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbmake real or concrete; give reality or substance to
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Finnish toteuttaa, aktualisoida
- toteuttaamake real
- aktualisoidamake real
- toteutuabecome real
- aktualisoituabecome real
French réaliser
- réalisermake real
German realisieren, verwirklichen
- realisierenmake real
- verwirklichenmake real
- sich verwirklichenbecome real
Hebrew מִמֵּשׁ
- מִמֵּשׁ (mimésh)make real
Spanish realizar
- realizarmake real
Swedish förverkliga, förverkliga
- förverkligamake real
- förverkligabecome real
Cite this entry
APA
actualize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actualize
MLA
“actualize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actualize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “actualize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actualize.
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