realization

Alternative forms

realisation

Etymology

From French réalisation, from Middle French; equivalent to realize +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˌɹiəlɪˈzeɪʃən/, /-laɪˈzeɪʃən/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/, /ˌɹiə-/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

realization (countable and uncountable, plural realizations)

The act of realizing, as:
1. An act of figuring out or becoming aware.
  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.
2. The act of making real.
  Coordinate terms: embodiment, eventualization, incarnation, instantiation, execution
  
  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.
4. The manner in which a phoneme is pronounced.
  - 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 79:
    The realization of -nd as -nn- is not uncommon in the Nuorese dialects.

Derived terms

self-realization

Related terms

Translations

act of figuring out or becoming aware

Dutch: besef (nl) n, bewustwording (nl) f
Finnish: tajuaminen (fi), ymmärrys (fi)
French: connaissance (fr) f
German: Erkenntnis (de) f
Greek: συνειδητοποίηση (el) f (syneiditopoíisi)
Hungarian: ráeszmélés, rádöbbenés
Italian: presa di coscienza f
Malayalam: തിരിച്ചറിയൽ (tiriccaṟiyal)
Polish: uświadomienie n
Russian: понима́ние (ru) n (ponimánije), осозна́ние (ru) n (osoznánije)
Ukrainian: усвідо́млення n (usvidómlennja)

act of making real

Belarusian: рэаліза́цыя f (realizácyja)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 實現 / 实现 (zh) (shíxiàn)
Dutch: vervulling (nl) f, voltooiing (nl) f, verwezenlijking (nl) f
Finnish: toteuttaminen (fi), realisointi (fi)
French: réalisation (fr)
German: Verwirklichung (de) f, Realisation f, Erfüllung (de) f, Umsetzung (de) f
Greek: πραγματοποίηση (el) f (pragmatopoíisi)
Hungarian: megvalósítás (hu)
Indonesian: realisasi (id)
Japanese: 実現 (ja) (じつげん, jitsugen)
Malayalam: സാക്ഷാത്കാരം (ml) (sākṣātkāraṁ)
Maori: whakatinanatanga
Polish: realizacja (pl) f
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 (sv) c
Ukrainian: реаліза́ція f (realizácija)

result of an artistic effort

Finnish: toteutus (fi)
Malayalam: സാക്ഷാത്കാരം (ml) (sākṣātkāraṁ)
Polish: realizacja (pl) f
Russian: постано́вка (ru) f (postanóvka)

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Translations to be checked

French: réalisation (fr)
Serbo-Croatian: остварење n (ostvarenje)
Spanish: comprensión (es) (1), realización (es) (2)

Anagrams

erizational, rationalize