from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
realisation
n 1: a musical composition that has been completed or enriched
by someone other than the composer [syn: {realization},
{realisation}]
2: coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; "a
growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden
recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing recognition
that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic
diseases" [syn: {realization}, {realisation}, {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
[syn: {realization}, {realisation}]
4: the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left
sparsely notated by a composer [syn: {realization},
{realisation}]
5: making real or giving the appearance of reality [syn:
{realization}, {realisation}, {actualization},
{actualisation}]
6: something that is made real or concrete; "the victory was the
realization of a whole year's work" [syn: {realization},
{realisation}, {fruition}]