realize

A2Frequent NGSL-1
UK /ˈriːəlaɪz/US /ˈriːəlaɪz/

Meaning

verb
to understand or become aware of a particular fact or situation
realize (that)…, I didn’t realize (that) you were so unhappy.

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I realized that people like me, girls with skin the color of chocolate, whose kinky hair could not form ponytails, could also exist in literature.

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where you don't realize basically how dumb you were.

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I was compiling the report I really realized my discovery I have shown that Swedish top students know statistically significantly less about the world than the chimpanzees because the chimpanzee would score

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