# realization

Pronunciation: US say "ree-uh-li-ZAY-shuhn" /ˌɹiəlɪˈzeɪʃən/; UK say "ree-uh-ly-ZAY-shuhn" /ˌɹɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/

## Noun

1. The act of figuring something out or becoming aware of a fact or situation.
   - Simple: Coming to understand or notice something that you did not know before.
   - _The realization that the deadline had already passed left the whole team scrambling._
   - _Her realization of the danger came too late to change the outcome._
2. The act of making something real, such as turning an idea, plan, or goal into actual fact.
   - Simple: The act of turning a plan or idea into something real.
   - _The realization of the project depended on securing enough funding._
   - _Years of research led to the realization of a working prototype._
3. The finished product that results from an artistic effort or creative undertaking.
   - Simple: A finished piece that comes from an artist's work.
   - _The opera's staging was a bold realization of the composer's intentions._
   - _Her piano realization of the old folk tune drew long applause._

## Other meanings

- (noun) The particular way in which a phoneme is actually pronounced in real speech.

## Origin

This word comes from French réalisation, itself from Middle French; it is equivalent to realize combined with the suffix -ation.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/realization (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).