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1. Coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
   "a growing realization of the risk involved";
   - realisation [Brit], recognition
    
2. Making real or giving the appearance of reality
   - realisation [Brit], actualization, actualisation [Brit]
    
3. A musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer
   - realisation [Brit]
    
4. 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
   - realisation [Brit]
    
5. The completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer
   - realisation [Brit]
    
6. Something that is made real or concrete
   "the victory was the realization of a whole year's work";
   - realisation [Brit], fruition

Derived forms: realizations

Type of: apprehension, composing, composition, consummation, creating by mental acts, cut-rate sale, discernment, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music, sale, sales event, savvy, understanding

Encyclopedia: Realization