Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of achieving or completing something: The process of making a plan, dream, or goal become a concrete reality.
   • The act of becoming fully aware of a fact or truth: The moment or process of understanding something clearly.
   • The act of converting an asset into cash: The sale of property or goods to obtain money.

Examples of Usage

• As an achievement or completion:
  • The opening of the community center was the realization of a long-held dream.
  • Winning the championship was the realization of all their hard work.
• As an understanding or awareness:
  • A look of sudden realization crossed her face when she solved the puzzle.
  • His journey led to the realization that true happiness comes from within.
• As a conversion to cash:
  • The realization of the company's assets was necessary to pay its debts.

Advanced Usage

• "Come to the realization": To gradually or suddenly understand something.
  • I slowly came to the realization that I was in the wrong career.
• "In realization of": As a result of achieving something.
  • The ceremony was held in realization of the project's successful completion.

Variants and Related Words

• Realize (verb): To achieve something or to become fully aware of something.
  • He finally realized his ambition to become a pilot.
  • She realized she had left her keys at home.
• Realizable (adjective): Capable of being achieved or converted into cash.
  • The plan is ambitious but realizable.

Synonyms

• Fulfillment: The achievement of something desired or promised.
• Awareness: Knowledge or perception of a situation or fact.
• Comprehension: The action or capability of understanding something.
• Actualization: The process of making something a reality.

Related Phrases

• Full realization: Complete understanding or achievement.
  • The full realization of the danger only hit them later.
• Dawn of realization: The beginning of understanding (often sudden).
  • The dawn of realization was visible in his eyes.

Noun

1. something that is made real or concrete
   • the victory was the realization of a whole year's work
2. the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer
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
4. a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer
5. making real or giving the appearance of reality
6. coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
   • a growing realization of the risk involved
   • a sudden recognition of the problem he faced
   • increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases