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.
1610s, “action of making real,” from realize + -ation. Meaning “action of forming a clear concept” is from 1828. Related: Realizational.