realization

coming to understand something clearly and distinctly

• “a growing realization of the risk involved”
• “a sudden recognition of the problem he faced”
• “increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases”

making real or giving the appearance of reality

a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer

a sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained

the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer

something that is made real or concrete

• “the victory was the realization of a whole year”