realization

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   something that is made real or concrete

   the victory was the realization of a whole year's work

2. 2
   noun

   coming to understand something clearly and distinctly

   a growing realization of the risk involved

3. 3
   noun

   The act of realizing, as:

   He came to the startling realization that he had never really known the truth.

4. 4
   noun

   making real or giving the appearance of reality

5. 5
   noun

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

6. 6
   noun

   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

7. 7
   noun

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

Etymology

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