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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REALIZA'TION, n. [from realize.]
1. The act of realizing or making real.
2. The act of converting money into land.
3. The act of believing or considering as real.
4. The act of bringing into being or act.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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" [syn: realization, realisation, recognition]
2: making real or giving the appearance of reality [syn: realization, realisation, actualization, actualisation]
3: a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer [syn: realization, realisation]
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 [syn: realization, realisation]
5: the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer [syn: realization, realisation]
6: something that is made real or concrete; "the victory was the realization of a whole year's work" [syn: realization, realisation, fruition]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1611 1. the action of realizing ; the state of being realized 2. something realized

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Realization Re`al*i*za"tion, n. [Cf. F. r['e]alisation.] The act of realizing, or the state of being realized.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see realize

Moby Thesaurus

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