Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To realize in action or make real.
  • intransitive verb To describe or portray realistically.
  • intransitive verb To become actual.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To make actual. Also spelled actualise.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb rare To make actual; to realize in action.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To make real; to realize.
  • verb intransitive To become actual or real.
  • verb reflexive To realize one's full potential.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb represent or describe realistically
  • verb make real or concrete; give reality or substance to

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Examples

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  • It is a problem common to all of the West: here the Church must again actualize, make concrete, open to the future its great heritage.

    Politics 2009

  • It is a problem common to all of the West: here the Church must again actualize, make concrete, open to the future its great heritage.

    Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

  • It is a problem common to all of the West: here the Church must again actualize, make concrete, open to the future its great heritage.

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  • It is a problem common to all of the West: here the Church must again actualize, make concrete, open to the future its great heritage.

    Pope Benedict XVI 2009

  • It is a problem common to all of the West: here the Church must again actualize, make concrete, open to the future its great heritage.

    Education 2009

  • It is a problem common to all of the West: here the Church must again actualize, make concrete, open to the future its great heritage.

    Travel 2009

  • Following Aquinas, many participants in the debate urged that essence and existence are related to each other as potency and act, so that existence can be said to "actualize" essence.

    Descartes' Ontological Argument Nolan, Lawrence 2006

  • In a few short years Civic Bangladesh, seeking to actualize the principles of Bangladesh's 1971 constitution liberty, dignity, and justice, has established chapters of what is called the "Dignity Forum" in every district in the country.

    Pamela Gerloff: Dignitarian World Emerging: Arianna's Blog Predicts the Future Pamela Gerloff 2011

  • In a few short years Civic Bangladesh, seeking to actualize the principles of Bangladesh's 1971 constitution liberty, dignity, and justice, has established chapters of what is called the "Dignity Forum" in every district in the country.

    Pamela Gerloff: Dignitarian World Emerging: Arianna's Blog Predicts the Future Pamela Gerloff 2011

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  • "To make our Feelings, with their vital warmth, actualize our Reason." -The Friend, 1809

    Betcha thought this was born out of late-20th-century corporate jargon, didn't ya? Nope. Coleridge verbed actual more than a century prior.

    March 5, 2018