realization
Americannoun
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the making or being made real of something imagined, planned, etc.
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the result of such a process.
The new church was the realization of a ten-year dream.
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the act of realizing or the state of being realized.
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an instance or result of realizing.
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Music.
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
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“I don’t think we’re early to this realization. I think most companies are late.”
Hart keeps up a steady stream of anecdotes and witty repartee, but increasingly the mask slips; underneath it all is the yawning realization that he is utterly alone.
From Barron's
The news-reading public used spirit gossip, spirit cartoons, and spirit love stories as distractions from the realization that there seemed to be no peaceful way forward on the increasingly heated issue of slavery’s expansion.
From Literature
The sales growth included a 10-percentage-point increase from net price realization, primarily due to higher prices for coffee.
The Agnus Dei begins in glum realization that there may be no compensation for humanity’s great sins when, again astonishingly without expectation, one of Beethoven’s uniquely wondrous melodies takes over.
From Los Angeles Times
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