Keep and Realize

Keep

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Realize and keep are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Realize" instead a verb "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Realize verb - To come to an awareness of.

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Keep and realize are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Realize".

Nearby Words: real, realise, reality, realistic, realization

power	keep power	realize power
people	keep people	realize people
name	keep name	realize name
relationship	keep relationship	realize relationship
Other words: time, fact, way, identity, game, existence.

The staff of the NASA facility decide to keep David virtually imprisoned indefinitely without regard for the consequences when they realize how much alien data is contained in David's brain.

Source: Film / Flight of the Navigator
Realize I don't wanna be a miser Confide with sly you'll be the wiser Young blood is the lovin' upriser How come everybody wanna keep it like the kaiser

Source: Word Salad Lyrics
The writers keep track of how many characters of each gender are in each episode and will sometimes change the gender of a character if they realize they are creating too many male characters.

Source: Video Game / Zombies, Run!

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