Meaning

4 senses
  1. The act of realizing, as:

    (British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable)An act of figuring out or becoming aware.

    He came to the startling realization that he had never really known the truth.

    A bath is a lovely relaxing event, until the realization that you're soaking in your own crud.

    Erkenntnis

    понима́ниеponimánije, осозна́ниеosoznánije

    усвідо́мленняusvidómlennja

  2. (British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable)The act of making real.

    He did not stay around long enough to see the realization of the idea.

    The realization of the plan took several years.

    Verwirklichung, Realisation, Erfüllung

    осуществле́ниеosuščestvlénije, выполне́ниеvypolnénije, исполне́ниеispolnénije

    реаліза́ціяrealizácija

    making real or giving the appearance of reality

  3. (British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable)The result of an artistic effort.

    The painter's realization of her concept was breathtaking.

    постано́вкаpostanóvka

  4. (British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable)The manner in which a phoneme is pronounced.

Examples

14 sentences
  1. When did you come to this realization?

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  2. I came to the realization too late to make a difference.

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  3. This realization leads to new questions.

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  4. The realization came to me one night.

    deDie Erkenntnis kam mir eines Nachts.

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  5. An idea without realization is a moribund thought.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
act of figuring out or becoming aware:
act of making real:
Русский
By meaning 3
act of figuring out or becoming aware:
act of making real:
result of an artistic effort:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
act of figuring out or becoming aware:
act of making real:

Origin

From French réalisation, from Middle French; equivalent to realize + -ation.

From French réalisation, from Middle French; equivalent to realize + -ation.

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Forms

plural: realizations

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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