Meanings
plural realizations · alternative realisation
- The act of realizing, as:
- BritishEnglishOxfordUScountableuncountableAn act of figuring out or becoming aware.
He came to the startling realization that he had never really known the truth.
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A bath is a lovely relaxing event, until the realization that you're soaking in your own crud.
- BritishEnglishOxfordUScountableuncountableThe act of making real.
The realization of the plan took several years.
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He did not stay around long enough to see the realization of the idea.
- BritishEnglishOxfordUScountableuncountableThe result of an artistic effort.
The painter's realization of her concept was breathtaking.
- BritishEnglishOxfordUScountableuncountableThe manner in which a phoneme is pronounced.
The realization of -nd as -nn- is not uncommon in the Nuorese dialects.
2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 79
Synonyms & antonyms
nouncoming to understand something clearly and distinctly
nounmaking real or giving the appearance of reality
nouna musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer
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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
- Proto-Italic*reis
- Classical Latinrēs
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinreālis
- Old Frenchreel
- Frenchreal
- Frenchréaliser
- Frenchréalisation
- Englishrealization
From French réalisation, from Middle French; equivalent to realize + -ation.
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Arabic تَحْقِيق
- تَحْقِيق (taḥqīq)act of making real
Chinese Mandarin 實現 /实现
- 實現 /实现 (shíxiàn)act of making real
Dutch besef, bewustwording
- besefact of figuring out or becoming aware
- bewustwordingact of figuring out or becoming aware
- vervullingact of making real
- voltooiingact of making real
- verwezenlijkingact of making real
Finnish tajuaminen, ymmärrys
- tajuaminenact of figuring out or becoming aware
- ymmärrysact of figuring out or becoming aware
- toteuttaminenact of making real
- realisointiact of making real
- toteutusresult of an artistic effort
French connaissance, réalisation
- connaissanceact of figuring out or becoming aware
- réalisationact of making real
German Erkenntnis, Verwirklichung
- Erkenntnisact of figuring out or becoming aware
- Verwirklichungact of making real
- Realisationact of making real
- Erfüllungact of making real
- Umsetzungact of making real
Greek συνειδητοποίηση, πραγματοποίηση
- συνειδητοποίηση (syneiditopoíisi)act of figuring out or becoming aware
- πραγματοποίηση (pragmatopoíisi)act of making real
Hungarian ráeszmélés, rádöbbenés
- ráeszmélésact of figuring out or becoming aware
- rádöbbenésact of figuring out or becoming aware
- megvalósításact of making real
Indonesian realisasi
- realisasiact of making real
Italian presa di coscienza
- presa di coscienzaact of figuring out or becoming aware
Japanese 実現, 達成
- 実現 (jitsugen)act of making real
- 達成 (tassel)act of making real
Māori whakatinanatanga, whakameatanga
- whakatinanatangaact of making real
- whakameatangaact of making real
Polish uświadomienie, realizacja
- uświadomienieact of figuring out or becoming aware
- realizacjaact of making real
- realizacjaresult of an artistic effort
Portuguese realização
- realizaçãoact of making real
Russian понима́ние, осозна́ние
- понима́ние (ponimánije)act of figuring out or becoming aware
- осозна́ние (osoznánije)act of figuring out or becoming aware
- осуществле́ние (osuščestvlénije)act of making real
- выполне́ние (vypolnénije)act of making real
- исполне́ние (ispolnénije)act of making real
- реализа́ция (realizácija)act of making real
- постано́вка (postanóvka)result of an artistic effort
Swedish förverkligande, realisering
- förverkligandeact of making real
- realiseringact of making real
Turkish gerçekleştirme
- gerçekleştirmeact of making real
Ukrainian усвідо́млення, реаліза́ція
- усвідо́млення (usvidómlennja)act of figuring out or becoming aware
- реаліза́ція (realizácija)act of making real
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Cite this entry
realization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/realization
“realization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/realization. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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