English noun: realization | |||
1. | realization (cognition) coming to understand something clearly and distinctly | ||
Samples | A growing realization of the risk involved. A sudden recognition of the problem he faced. Increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases. | ||
Synonyms | realisation, recognition | ||
Broader (hypernym) | apprehension, discernment, savvy, understanding | ||
2. | realization (act) making real or giving the appearance of reality | ||
Synonyms | actualisation, actualization, realisation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | creating by mental acts | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | objectification | ||
3. | realization (communication) a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer | ||
Synonyms | realisation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music | ||
4. | realization (act) 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 | ||
Synonyms | realisation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cut-rate sale, sale, sales event | ||
5. | realization (act) the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer | ||
Synonyms | realisation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | composing, composition | ||
6. | realization (act) something that is made real or concrete | ||
Samples | The victory was the realization of a whole year's work. | ||
Synonyms | fruition, realisation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | consummation | ||