[syn: realization, realisation, fruition]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
realisation
n 1: a musical composition that has been completed or enriched
by someone other than the composer [syn: realization,
realisation]
2: coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; "a
growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden
recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing recognition
that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic
diseases" [syn: realization, realisation, recognition]
3: a sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale
of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained
[syn: realization, realisation]
4: the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left
sparsely notated by a composer [syn: realization,
realisation]
5: making real or giving the appearance of reality [syn:
realization, realisation, actualization,
actualisation]
6: something that is made real or concrete; "the victory was the
realization of a whole year's work" [syn: realization,
realisation, fruition]