( BrE also -ise ) verb
ADVERB
▪ fully
▪ dimly
▪
She dimly ~d that she was trembling.
▪ suddenly
▪ quickly , soon
▪ immediately , instantly
▪ now
▪ for the first time
▪
I ~d for the first time how difficult this would be.
▪ at first
▪
The situation was more complicated than they had at first ~d.
▪ gradually , slowly
▪ at last , belatedly , eventually , finally
▪ never
▪
I never ~d how much it meant to you.
VERB + REALIZE
▪ begin to , come to
▪ make sb
▪
The experience made me ~ that people did care.
▪ seem to
▪
You don't seem to ~ the seriousness of the situation.
▪ fail to
▪ be important to
PREPOSITION
▪ with
▪
He ~d with horror that he had forgotten his passport.
PHRASES
▪ without realizing (sth)
▪
They are constantly learning, without even realizing it.
Realize is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ sale
Realize is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ ambition , ↑ aspiration , ↑ asset , ↑ danger , ↑ dream , ↑ enormity , ↑ error , ↑ expectation , ↑ extent , ↑ fault , ↑ folly , ↑ futility , ↑ gravity , ↑ impact , ↑ implication , ↑ importance , ↑ inadequacy , ↑ investment , ↑ limitation , ↑ magnitude , ↑ mistake , ↑ nature , ↑ potential , ↑ predicament , ↑ profit , ↑ return , ↑ saving , ↑ scale , ↑ seriousness , ↑ stupidity , ↑ talent , ↑ truth , ↑ value , ↑ vision , ↑ worth