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realization

/ˌɹiə.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

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What does realization mean?

noun

  1. An act of figuring out or becoming aware.
  2. The act of making real.
  3. The result of an artistic effort.
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noun

  1. The manner in which a phoneme is pronounced.
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No, some other method of punishment must be found to bring Anne to a proper realization of the enormity of her offense.
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of Green GablesProject Gutenberg ebook #45
The realization of the new education destined to produce a new society was, after all, dependent upon the activities of existing states.
John DeweyDemocracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of EducationProject Gutenberg ebook #852
More book examples (3)
It consists in trying to keep constant the complex of conditions demonstrated to be necessary for the realization of a given effect.
Hans GrossCriminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and StudentsTranslated by Horace Meyer KallenProject Gutenberg ebook #1320
For the realization would come that there would be no reason for, no value in encroaching upon, the freedom of one another.
Margaret SangerThe Pivot of CivilizationProject Gutenberg ebook #1689
It was to be the grand realization of my hopes, the utter, the inevitable defeat of the minions of pride, prejudice, caste.
Henry Ossian FlipperHenry Ossian Flipper, the Colored Cadet at West Point Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U.S.A., First Graduate of Color from the U.S. Military AcademyProject Gutenberg ebook #2448