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Realization
//ˌɹiəlɪˈzeɪʃən// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of realizing, as:; An act of figuring out or becoming aware. British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable
"He came to the startling realization that he had never really known the truth."
- 2 something that is made real or concrete wordnet
- 3 The act of realizing, as:; The act of making real. British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable
"He did not stay around long enough to see the realization of the idea."
- 4 making real or giving the appearance of reality wordnet
- 5 The act of realizing, as:; The result of an artistic effort. British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable
"The painter's realization of her concept was breathtaking."
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- 6 the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer wordnet
- 7 The act of realizing, as:; The manner in which a phoneme is pronounced. British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable
"The realization of -nd as -nn- is not uncommon in the Nuorese dialects."
- 8 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
- 9 coming to understand something clearly and distinctly wordnet
- 10 a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer wordnet
Etymology
From French réalisation, from Middle French; equivalent to realize + -ation.
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