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realisation

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: realisation

1
n
coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
2
n
making real or giving the appearance of reality
3
n
a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer
4
n
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
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: realisation
1

n coming to understand something clearly and distinctly

Synonyms:
realization, recognition
Type of:
apprehension, discernment, savvy, understanding
the cognitive condition of someone who understands
2

n making real or giving the appearance of reality

Synonyms:
actualisation, actualization, realization
Types:
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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

n something that is made real or concrete

Synonyms:
fruition, realization
Type of:
consummation
the act of bringing to completion or fruition
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n 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

n the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer

Synonyms:
realization
Type of:
composing, composition
musical creation
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n 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
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