Pronunciation: /riːəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/
(also realisation)
noun
-
1 [in singular] an act of becoming fully aware of something as a fact: a growing realization of the need to create common economic structures [mass noun]: realization dawned suddenly
-
2 [mass noun] the achievement of something desired or anticipated: he did not live to see the realization of his dream
-
[count noun] an actual form given to a concept or work: a perfect realization of Bart’sók Second Violin Concerto on disc
-
Linguistics the way in which a particular linguistic feature is used in speech or writing on a particular occasion: verbal sequences were produced using segmental realization [count noun]: vowels have a startlingly wide range of realizations
-
[count noun] Mathematics an instance or embodiment of an abstract group as the set of symmetry operations of some object or set.
-
[count noun] Statistics a particular series which might be generated by a specified random process.
-
3 [mass noun] the conversion of an asset into cash: the realization of his assets in Spain
-
[count noun] a sale of goods: auction realizations