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realization

  • /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ UK
  • /ˌɹiə-/ UK
  • /ˌɹiə.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ Canada, US
  • /-laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ Canada, US

Where it comes from

From French réalisation, from Middle French; equivalent to realize + -ation.

noun realizations · realisation

  1. British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable An act of figuring out or becoming aware. He came to the startling realization that he had never really known the truth.
  2. British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable The act of making real. He did not stay around long enough to see the realization of the idea.
  3. British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable The result of an artistic effort. The painter's realization of her concept was breathtaking.
  4. British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable The manner in which a phoneme is pronounced. The realization of -nd as -nn- is not uncommon in the Nuorese dialects.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: actualization, realisation, actualisation, recognition, fruition, realize, realisable, understanding, realizable, reality, fact, effect, conscious, awareness, effectivity, observance

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Every language

noun act of figuring out or becoming aware

Françaisconnaissance
DeutschErkenntnis
Italianopresa di coscienza
Ελληνικάσυνειδητοποίηση syneiditopoíisi
Русскийпонима́ние ponimánije, осозна́ние osoznánije

noun act of making real

日本語実現 jitsugen, 達成 tassel
中文實現 /实现 shíxiàn
Portuguêsrealização
Françaisréalisation
DeutschVerwirklichung, Realisation, Erfüllung, Umsetzung
Ελληνικάπραγματοποίηση pragmatopoíisi
Русскийосуществле́ние osuščestvlénije, выполне́ние vypolnénije, исполне́ние ispolnénije, реализа́ция realizácija
العربيةتَحْقِيق taḥqīq

noun result of an artistic effort

Русскийпостано́вка postanóvka

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@misc{realization_2026,
  title = {realization},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/realization},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}