Meaning 1
The moment or process of becoming fully aware of something.
Reach for it when naming an insight that changes understanding
The realization that no one had been assigned the task ended the blame.
Meaning 2
The act of making a hope, plan, or possibility real.
Reach for it when naming the achieved form of a long-held aim
The opened library was the realization of a decade-long community plan.
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everyday
Fits when ongoing knowledge matters more than the moment it formed
Careful Awareness names a state, while realization often names a change.
warm
Fits when a penetrating new understanding is the important result
Careful Insight may arrive gradually and need not mark a distinct realization.
professional
Fits when identifying or acknowledging a fact is central
Careful Recognition can occur without grasping the fact's implications.
Register not recorded
Fits when previously unknown information is found
Careful Discovery can be external and does not require personal understanding.
warm
fulfillment
Fits when a promise, ambition, or need is brought to completion
Careful Fulfillment often carries emotional satisfaction beyond realization.
professional
Fits when effort and successful completion deserve credit
Careful An achievement need not embody a prior vision.
professional
implementation
Fits when a plan is put into practical operation
Careful Implementation may begin before the intended result is realized.
formal
Fits when reaching a defined goal is the focus
Careful Attainment is formal and lacks realization's sense of making real.
formal
embodiment
Fits when an idea takes a concrete representative form
Careful Embodiment does not necessarily mean the plan was completed.
sudden realization
A sudden realization sent Mei back to check the final measurement.
realization of a dream
The scholarship became the realization of a dream shared by three generations.
painful realization
The painful realization led to a fairer process the following year.
full realization
The full realization of the design required patient testing.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Dvortygirl, American accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Updated
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