realisation

Other forms: realisations

Definitions of realisation

1. noun

   coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
   synonyms: realization, recognition

   type of:

   apprehension, discernment, savvy, understanding

   the cognitive condition of someone who understands
2. noun

   making real or giving the appearance of reality
   synonyms: actualisation, actualization, realization

   types:

   objectification

   the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing

   depersonalisation, depersonalization, reification

   representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality

   exteriorisation, exteriorization, externalisation, externalization

   embodying in an outward form

   hypostatisation, hypostatization, reification

   regarding something abstract as a material thing

   embodiment

   giving concrete form to an abstract concept

   type of:

   creating by mental acts

   the act of creating something by thinking
3. noun

   something that is made real or concrete
   synonyms: fruition, realization

   type of:

   consummation

   the act of bringing to completion or fruition
4. noun

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

   type of:

   composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music

   a musical work that has been created
5. noun

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

   type of:

   composing, composition

   musical creation
6. noun

   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
   synonyms: realization

   type of:

   cut-rate sale, sale, sales event

   an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices