noun
1. a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer
• Syn: ↑realization
• Derivationally related forms: ↑realize (for: ↑realization)
• Hypernyms: ↑musical composition, ↑opus, ↑composition, ↑piece, ↑piece of music
2. coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
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a growing realization of the risk involved
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a sudden recognition of the problem he faced
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increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases
• Syn: ↑realization, ↑recognition
• Derivationally related forms: ↑realise, ↑realize (for: ↑realization)
• Hypernyms: ↑understanding, ↑apprehension, ↑discernment, ↑savvy
3. 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
• Syn: ↑realization
• Derivationally related forms: ↑realise, ↑realize (for: ↑realization)
• Hypernyms: ↑sale, ↑cut-rate sale, ↑sales event
4. the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer
• Syn: ↑realization
• Derivationally related forms: ↑realize (for: ↑realization)
• Hypernyms: ↑composing, ↑composition
5. something that is made real or concrete
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the victory was the realization of a whole year's work
• Syn: ↑realization, ↑fruition
• Derivationally related forms: ↑realise, ↑realize (for: ↑realization)
• Hypernyms: ↑consummation
6. making real or giving the appearance of reality
• Syn: ↑realization, ↑actualization, ↑actualisation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑actualise (for: ↑actualisation), ↑actualize (for: ↑actualization), ↑realise, ↑realize (for: ↑realization)
• Hypernyms: ↑creating by mental acts
• Hyponyms: ↑objectification
Useful english dictionary. 2012.