realization.

1. The recognition or understanding of a fact or situation.

2. The bringing of a plan, possibility or intention into existence or effect.

3. The conversion of an asset or gain into available money or recognized financial value.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• sudden realization
• realization of a problem

On the page

The realization of the problem came after the two accounts were compared.

A sudden realization changed how the narrator read the earlier conversation.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Singular realization; plural realizations. Also 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: moderately common.