actualize

verb

ac·​tu·​al·​ize ˈak-ch(ə-w)ə-ˌlīz 

-sh(ə-w)ə-ˌlīz

actualized; actualizing

transitive verb

: to make actual : realize

intransitive verb

: to become actual

actualization

ˌak-ch(ə-w)ə-lə-ˈzā-shən 

-sh(ə-w)ə-lə-

noun

Synonyms

• appear
• arise
• begin
• break
• commence
• dawn
• engender
• form
• materialize
• originate
• set in
• spring
• start

Examples of actualize in a Sentence

several years passed before any profits from the enterprise actualized

Recent Examples on the Web

Realizing Initiatives And Demonstrating Impact The core promise of change project-specific software is not only to identify potential value but to actualize it. —Glen Robinson, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024

Journalists need to begin practicing their craft by recognizing their own biases and working around them, not using their platform to actualize them. —Bill Keane, Hartford Courant, 25 Nov. 2024

This year that’s been actualized with more in-game power, which was always the hope. —Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024

State of play: Rising threats against lawmakers in the years since the Capitol riot have heightened fears about how such rhetoric can be actualized. —Ivana Saric, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

probably borrowed from French actualiser, from actuel actual + -iser -ize

First Known Use

1701, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Phrases Containing actualize

• self-actualize