{
    "term": "realization",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the process of becoming aware of something",
            "sensetop": "realization of somethingrealization that…",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "As realization dawned, he went pale."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the sudden realization of what she had done",
                    "contextForm": "realization of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a growing realization that changes must be made.",
                    "contextForm": "realization that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The realization that the murderer must have been a close friend came as a shock."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We saw the terrible realization of what she'd done dawn on her face."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The realization of what she had done suddenly hit her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There came a sense of disbelief and then a dawning realization that he was actually gone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the gradual realization that they were losing the war"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "awareness",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["full", "dawning", "growing"],
                "verb + realization": ["come to"],
                "realization + verb": [
                    "come (to somebody)",
                    "dawn (on somebody)",
                    "hit somebody"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the process of achieving a particular aim, etc.",
            "sensetop": "realization (of something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was the realization of his greatest ambition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the realization of political goals"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "achievement"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the act of selling something that you own, such as property, in order to get the money that you need for something",
            "sensetop": "realization of your assets",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the act of producing a sound, play, design, etc.; or the thing that is produced",
            "sensetop": "realization (of something)",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌriːəlaɪˈzeɪʃn//ˌrɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃn/",
                "audio": "re/realization/realization__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌriːələˈzeɪʃn/",
                "audio": "re/realization/realization__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}