Realization

//ˌɹiəlɪˈzeɪʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    something that is made real or concrete wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    making real or giving the appearance of reality wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 6
    the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer wordnet
  2. 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."

  3. 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
  4. 9
    coming to understand something clearly and distinctly wordnet
  5. 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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