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