noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌɹiə-/
Canada, General-American:/ˌɹiə.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Canada, General-American:/-laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
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CMU ARPABET:R IY1 L AH0 Z EY1 SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
The act of realizing, as:
An act of figuring out or becoming aware.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: realisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh1-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh1ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin reālisder. Old French reel French real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izārebor. Old French -iser French -iser French réaliser Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ation Middle French -ation French -ation French réalisation English realization From French réalisation, from Middle French; equivalent to realize + -ation.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Dutch:
besef
— act of figuring out or becoming aware
Dutch:
bewustwording
— act of figuring out or becoming aware
Finnish:
tajuaminen
— act of figuring out or becoming aware
Finnish:
ymmärrys
— act of figuring out or becoming aware
French:
connaissance
— act of figuring out or becoming aware
German:
Erkenntnis
— act of figuring out or becoming aware
Greek:
συνειδητοποίηση
(syneiditopoíisi)
— act of figuring out or becoming aware
Hungarian:
ráeszmélés
— act of figuring out or becoming aware
Hungarian:
rádöbbenés
— act of figuring out or becoming aware
Italian:
presa di coscienza
— act of figuring out or becoming aware
Malayalam:
തിരിച്ചറിയൽ
(tiriccaṟiyal)
— act of figuring out or becoming aware
Polish:
uświadomienie
— act of figuring out or becoming aware
Russian:
понима́ние
(ponimánije)
— act of figuring out or becoming aware
Russian:
осозна́ние
(osoznánije)
— act of figuring out or becoming aware
Ukrainian:
усвідо́млення
(usvidómlennja)
— act of figuring out or becoming aware
Belarusian:
рэаліза́цыя
(realizácyja)
— act of making real
Chinese Mandarin:
實現 /实现
(shíxiàn)
— act of making real
Dutch:
vervulling
— act of making real
Dutch:
voltooiing
— act of making real
Dutch:
verwezenlijking
— act of making real
Finnish:
toteuttaminen
— act of making real
Finnish:
realisointi
— act of making real
French:
réalisation
— act of making real
German:
Verwirklichung
— act of making real
German:
Realisation
— act of making real
German:
Erfüllung
— act of making real
German:
Umsetzung
— act of making real
Greek:
πραγματοποίηση
(pragmatopoíisi)
— act of making real
Hungarian:
megvalósítás
— act of making real
Indonesian:
realisasi
— act of making real
Japanese:
実現
(jitsugen)
— act of making real
Kazakh:
жүзеге асыру
(jüzege asyru)
— act of making real
Malayalam:
സാക്ഷാത്കാരം
(sākṣātkāraṁ)
— act of making real
Māori:
whakatinanatanga
— act of making real
Māori:
whakameatanga
— act of making real
Polish:
realizacja
— act of making real
Portuguese:
realização
— act of making real
Russian:
осуществле́ние
(osuščestvlénije)
— act of making real
Russian:
выполне́ние
(vypolnénije)
— act of making real
Russian:
исполне́ние
(ispolnénije)
— act of making real
Russian:
реализа́ция
(realizácija)
— act of making real
Swedish:
förverkligande
— act of making real
Swedish:
realisering
— act of making real
Ukrainian:
реаліза́ція
(realizácija)
— act of making real
Finnish:
toteutus
— result of an artistic effort
Malayalam:
സാക്ഷാത്കാരം
(sākṣātkāraṁ)
— result of an artistic effort
Polish:
realizacja
— result of an artistic effort
Russian:
постано́вка
(postanóvka)
— result of an artistic effort