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Noun: realisation  'ree-u-lI'zey-shun
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: realization)
  1. A musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer
    - realization
     
  2. Coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
    "a growing realisation of the risk involved";
    - realization, recognition
     
  3. 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
    - realization
     
  4. The completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer
    - realization
     
  5. Making real or giving the appearance of reality
    - realization, actualization, actualisation [Brit]
     
  6. Something that is made real or concrete
    "the victory was the realisation of a whole year's work";
    - realization, fruition

Derived forms: realisations

Type of: apprehension, composing, composition, consummation, creating by mental acts, cut-rate sale, discernment, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music, sale, sales event, savvy, understanding

Encyclopedia: Realisation