| noun | a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer |
| noun | coming to understand something clearly and distinctly “a growing realization of the risk involved” |
| 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 |
| noun | the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer |
| noun | making real or giving the appearance of reality |
| noun | something that is made real or concrete “the victory was the realization of a whole year's work” |
| realize | verb | expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass |
| realise | verb | be fully aware or cognizant of |
| actualize | verb | make real or concrete; give reality or substance to |
| actualise | verb | make real or concrete; give reality or substance to |