Meanings
plural realisations
- UKalternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of realization.
1 more example
A widening of the M4 had long been mooted, and the Welsh Government had even earmarked most of the required £1.6bn funding for a new 14-mile, six-lane section around Newport. Then, in the face of opposition from environmentalists, came a realisation that similar road schemes across the world tend merely to encourage greater car use and therefore soon prove ineffective in solving the original problem.
2020 December 2, Christian Wolmar, “Wales offers us a glimpse of an integrated transport policy”, in Rail, page 56
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer
nouncoming to understand something clearly and distinctly
nouna 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
nounthe completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer
nounmaking real or giving the appearance of reality
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchréalisation
- Englishrealisation
From French réalisation, from Middle French, as if realise + -ation.
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realisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/realisation
“realisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/realisation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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