actualization.

The bringing of a possibility, capacity or conception into actual existence or operation.

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Words that belong together

• actualization of a plan
• actualization of potential

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Actualization of the plan required resources that the initial conception had not supplied.

The project described actualization of potential without promising that every capacity would be developed.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: criterion analysis, relative importance, potential and actual distinction, evidence interpretation. Disciplines: academic writing, institutional analysis, research and conceptual explanation. Commonness: uncommon.