realization

realization
(BrE also -isation) noun
ADJECTIVE
full
dawning, growing
gradual, slow
belated
sudden
startling
awful, grim, horrible, painful, stark, terrible
sobering
VERB + REALIZATION
come to

He came to the realization that he would never make a good teacher.

REALIZATION + VERB
come (to sb), dawn (on sb), hit sb, sink in, strike sb

The realization that the murderer must have been a close friend came as a shock.

We saw the terrible realization of what she'd done dawn on her face.


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