WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
re•al•i•za•tion /ˌriəlɪˈzeɪʃən/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]the act or state of becoming real:the realization of his dreams. See -real-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- the act of becoming aware of something:Realization came slowly to him.
re•al•i•za•tion
(rē′ə lə zā′shən),USA pronunciation n.
- the making or being made real of something imagined, planned, etc.
- the result of such a process:The new church was the realization of a ten-year dream.
- the act of realizing or the state of being realized.
- an instance or result of realizing.
- Music and Dance
- the act of realizing a figured bass.
- a printed score of a realized figured bass.
- French réalisation, Middle French, equivalent. to realis(er) to realize + -ation -ation
- 1605–15
'realization' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Tantra
- aborning
- achievement
- acknowledge
- act
- acute
- administration order
- afraid
- anticipation
- archiphoneme
- awakening
- becoming
- cognizance
- commentary
- conscious
- deliberate
- derealization
- energism
- entelechy
- epistrophe
- eye
- eyeopener
- fall
- figured bass
- frighten
- fruition
- fulfill
- fulfillment
- ice
- interpretive
- mode
- morning after
- panlogism
- pot of gold
- recognition
- self-realization
- sense
- shock
- teleology
- up