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Definition of realization noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

realization

noun
 
/ˌriːəlaɪˈzeɪʃn/,
 
/ˌrɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃn/
 
/ˌriːələˈzeɪʃn/
(British English also realisation)
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  1. [uncountable, singular] the process of becoming aware of something synonym awareness
    • As realization dawned, he went pale.
    • realization of something the sudden realization of what she had done
    • realization that… There is a growing realization that changes must be made.
    Extra Examples
    • The realization that the murderer must have been a close friend came as a shock.
    • We saw the terrible realization of what she'd done dawn on her face.
    • The realization of what she had done suddenly hit her.
    • There came a sense of disbelief and then a dawning realization that he was actually gone.
    • the gradual realization that they were losing the war
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • full
    • dawning
    • growing
    verb + realization
    • come to
    realization + verb
    • come (to somebody)
    • dawn (on somebody)
    • hit somebody
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  2. [uncountable] realization (of something) the process of achieving a particular aim, etc. synonym achievement
    • It was the realization of his greatest ambition.
    • the realization of political goals
  3. [uncountable] realization of your assets (formal) the act of selling something that you own, such as property, in order to get the money that you need for something
  4. [uncountable, countable] realization (of something) (formal) the act of producing a sound, play, design, etc.; or the thing that is produced
See realization in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee realization in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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