realization

American  

[ree-uh-luh-zey-shuhn] / ˌri ə ləˈzeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the making or being made real of something imagined, planned, etc.

2. the result of such a process.

   The new church was the realization of a ten-year dream.

3. the act of realizing or the state of being realized.

4. an instance or result of realizing.

5. Music.

   1. the act of realizing a figured bass.

   2. a printed score of a realized figured bass.

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Other Word Forms

• nonrealization noun
• prerealization noun

Etymology

Origin of realization

First recorded in 1605–15; from French réalisation; equivalent to realize + -ation

Example Sentences

Some described a feeling of awe followed by sadness at the realization that the program could easily replicate expertise they had built up over an entire career.

From The Wall Street Journal

That realization set the stage for a new approach that would soon reshape how weight care could work in primary care settings.

From Science Daily

“There’s the realization aspect that some prisons are not physical,” he told the Vineyard Gazette, which would become his local paper, in 2010.

From Los Angeles Times

Within its downstream division, BP expects an around $100 million uplift in refining realizations, which is subdued against a strong sector backdrop, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Bush came to the realization—and only after 9/11, remember—that vicious rulers and their failed states generate disaffected people who harbor ill designs on the United States.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• accomplishment
• attainment
• fulfillment
• success