realization

English

Alternative forms

• realisation

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French réalisation, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French; equivalent to realize +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹiəlɪˈzeɪʃən/, /-laɪˈzeɪʃən/
• IPA^(key): /ˌɹɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/, /ˌɹiə-/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

realization (countable and uncountable, plural realizations)

1. The act of realizing; an act of figuring out or becoming aware.

   He came to the startling realization that he had never really known the truth.

2. The act of realizing; the act of making real.

   He did not stay around long enough to see the realization of the idea.

   The realization of the plan took several years.

3. The result of an artistic effort.

   The painter's realization of her concept was breathtaking.

Related terms

• real
• realism
• realistic
• reality
• realizable
• realize

Translations

act of figuring out or becoming aware

• Dutch: besef (nl) n
• Finnish: ymmärrys (fi)
• French: connaissance (fr) f
• German: Erkenntnis (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: ráeszmélés, rádöbbenés
• Polish: uświadomienie (pl) n
• Russian: понима́ние (ru) n (ponimánije), осозна́ние (ru) n (osoznánije)

act of making real

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 實現／实现 (zh) (shíxiàn), 实现 (zh) (shíxiàn)

• Dutch: vervulling (nl) f, voltooiing (nl) f, verwezenlijking (nl) f
• Finnish: toteuttaminen (fi)
• French: réalisation (fr)
• German: Verwirklichung (de) f, Realisation f, Erfüllung (de) f, Umsetzung (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: megvalósítás (hu)
• Indonesian: realisasi (id)
• Japanese: 実現 (ja) (じつげん, jitsugen)
• Maori: whakatinanatanga
• Portuguese: realização (pt)
• Russian: осуществле́ние (ru) n (osuščestvlénije), выполне́ние (ru) n (vypolnénije), исполне́ние (ru) n (ispolnénije), реализа́ция (ru) f (realizácija)
• Swedish: förverkligande (sv) n, realisering c

result of an artistic effort

• Finnish: toteutus (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: постано́вка (ru) f (postanóvka)

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Translations to be checked

• Finnish: tajuaminen (fi), toteutuminen (fi), toteuttaminen (fi), realisointi (fi)
• French: réalisation (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Serbo-Croatian: остварење n (ostvarenje)
• Spanish: comprensión (1), realización (2)

Further reading

• “realization”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “realization”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• rationalize