Realisation
noun
noun ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative spelling of realization. UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
"A widening of the M4 had long been mooted, and the Welsh Government had even earmarked most of the required £1.6bn funding for a new 14-mile, six-lane section around Newport. Then, in the face of opposition from environmentalists, came a realisation that similar road schemes across the world tend merely to encourage greater car use and therefore soon prove ineffective in solving the original problem."
- 2 something that is made real or concrete wordnet
- 3 making real or giving the appearance of reality wordnet
- 4 the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer wordnet
- 5 a sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained wordnet
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- 6 coming to understand something clearly and distinctly wordnet
- 7 a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer wordnet
Example
More examples"Mary's realisation that she was gay plunged her into a reactive depression."
Etymology
From French réalisation, from Middle French, as if realise + -ation.
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