realization
noun /ˌriːəlaɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌrɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃn/
/ˌriːələˈzeɪʃn/
(British English also realisation)
- [uncountable, singular] the process of becoming aware of something synonym awareness
- As realization dawned, he went pale.
- realization of something the sudden realization of what she had done
- realization that… There is a growing realization that changes must be made.
Extra Examples- The realization that the murderer must have been a close friend came as a shock.
- We saw the terrible realization of what she'd done dawn on her face.
- The realization of what she had done suddenly hit her.
- There came a sense of disbelief and then a dawning realization that he was actually gone.
- the gradual realization that they were losing the war
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
- dawning
- growing
- …
- come to
- come (to somebody)
- dawn (on somebody)
- hit somebody
- …
- [uncountable] realization (of something) the process of achieving a particular aim, etc. synonym achievement
- It was the realization of his greatest ambition.
- the realization of political goals
- [uncountable] realization of your assets (formal) the act of selling something that you own, such as property, in order to get the money that you need for something
- [uncountable, countable] realization (of something) (formal) the act of producing a sound, play, design, etc.; or the thing that is produced