realization
(noun)
noun
1. coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
- a growing realization of the risk involved
Similar word(s): realisation, recognition
Definition categories: thought, apprehension, discernment, savvy, understanding
2. making real or giving the appearance of reality
Similar word(s): actualisation, actualization, realisation
Definition categories: act
3. a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer
Similar word(s): realisation
Definition categories: communication, composition, opus, piece
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
Similar word(s): realisation
Definition categories: act, sale
5. the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer
Similar word(s): realisation
Definition categories: act, composing, composition
6. something that is made real or concrete
- the victory was the realization of a whole year's work
Similar word(s): fruition, realisation
Definition categories: act, consummation
Sentences with realization as a noun:
- He came to the startling realization that he had never really known.
- He did not stay around long enough to see the realization of the idea.
- The realization of the plan took several years.
- The painter's realization of her concept was breathtaking.