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ACTUALISE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they actualise ... he / she / it actualises
Past simple: actualised
-ing form: actualising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Represent or describe realistically
Synonyms:
actualise; actualize
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "actualise" is one way to...):
represent (describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
Example:
our ideas must be substantiated into actions
Synonyms:
actualise; actualize; realise; realize; substantiate
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "actualise" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "actualise"):
incarnate (make concrete and real)
express (manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
actualisation (making real or giving the appearance of reality)