realization

The act of realizing, as:

Noun

  1. The act of realizing, as:
    • He came to the startling realization that he had never really known the truth.
    • A bath is a lovely relaxing event, until the realization that you're soaking in your own crud.

    1. An act of figuring out or becoming aware.

    2. 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.

      Coordinate Terms: embodiment eventualization incarnation instantiation execution

    3. The result of an artistic effort.

      • The painter's realization of her concept was breathtaking.

    4. The manner in which a phoneme is pronounced.

      • The realization of -nd as -nn- is not uncommon in the Nuorese dialects. - 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 79:

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin reālisder. Old French reel French real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izārebor. Old French -iser French -iser French réaliser Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ation Middle French -ation French -ation French réalisation English realization From French réalisation, from Middle French; equivalent to realize + -ation.

Forms

realizations realisation

Related

real realism realistic reality realizable realize

Derived

nonrealization prerealization price realization realizational self-realization