realization (n.)

  1. coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; a growing realization of the risk involved; a sudden recognition of the problem he faced; increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases

    [ Syn: realisation , recognition ]

  2. making real or giving the appearance of reality

    [ Syn: realisation , actualization , actualisation ]

  3. a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer

    [ Syn: realisation ]

  4. 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 ]

  5. the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer

    [ Syn: realisation ]

  6. something that is made real or concrete; the victory was the realization of a whole years work

    [ Syn: realisation , fruition ]

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