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realization

[ree-uh-luh-zey-shuhn]

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noun

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.

the act of realizing a figured bass.

a printed score of a realized figured bass.

Origin:
1605–15; < French réalisation, Middle French, equivalent to realis(er) to realize + -ation -ation

Related forms

non·re·al·i·za·tion, noun

pre·re·al·i·za·tion, noun

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note equivalent in duration to four quarter notes

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All others are expendable except as they may serve the self's existence and the realization of its goals.

The realization was extraordinarily exciting for me.

What is needed is the political will and public realization.

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World English Dictionary

realize or realise (ˈrɪəˌlaɪz)

—vb
1.	(when tr, may take a clause as object) to become conscious or aware of (something)
2.	(tr, often passive) to bring (a plan, ambition, etc) to fruition; make actual or concrete
3.	(tr) to give (something, such as a drama or film) the appearance of reality
4.	(tr) (of goods, property, etc) to sell for or make (a certain sum): this table realized £800
5.	(tr) to convert (property or goods) into cash
6.	(tr) of a musicologist or performer
	a. to expand or complete (a thorough-bass part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass
	b. to reconstruct (a composition) from an incomplete set of parts
7.	to sound or utter (a phoneme or other speech sound) in actual speech; articulate

realise or realise

—vb

'realizable or realise

—*adj*

'realisable or realise

—*adj*

'realizably or realise

—*adv*

'realisably or realise

—*adv*

reali'zation or realise

—n

reali'sation or realise

—n

'realizer or realise

—n

'realiser or realise

—n

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realization definition

specification
A UML semantic relationship between a classifier that specifies a contract and another classifier that guarantees to carry it out.
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