Realization - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˌriːələˈzeɪʃn|
Brit.
|riːəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn|
noun ▼
- coming to understand something clearly and distinctly (syn: realisation, recognition)
- making real or giving the appearance of reality (syn: actualisation, actualization, realisation)
- a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer (syn: realisation)
- 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 (syn: realisation)
- the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer (syn: realisation)
- something that is made real or concrete (syn: fruition, realisation)
- making real or giving the appearance of reality (syn: actualisation, actualization, realisation)
- a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer (syn: realisation)
- 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 (syn: realisation)
- the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer (syn: realisation)
- something that is made real or concrete (syn: fruition, realisation)
Examples
There is a growing realization that changes need to be made to the coaching staff.
...this research paper is the realization of an entire year's work...
The realization that a catastrophe could occur at any time sobered them up.
I was shocked by the realization of what I had done.
There is a growing realization that we must manage the earth's resources more carefully.
The victory was the realization of a whole year's work.
a growing realization of the risk involved
the victory was the realization of a whole year's work
A melancholy lesson of advancing years is the realization that you can't make old friends.
He did not live to see (=live long enough to see) the realization of his dream.