Meaning and Realization

Meaning

Meaning noun - The idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action.

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Realization and meaning are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Realization" instead a noun "Meaning".

Nearby Words: mean, means, meaningful, meaningless, meaningly

Realization noun - The state of being actual or complete.

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Meaning and realization are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Meaning" instead a noun "Realization".

Nearby Words: realize, realise, reality, really, realisation

emotional	emotional meaning	emotional realization
full	full meaning	full realization
similar	similar meaning	similar realization
true	true meaning	true realization
Other adjectives: obvious, actual, ultimate, different.

Confronted with this, and the realization that his son is only concerned about his inheritance, he first tries hedonism to get some meaning out of life.

Source: Obstructive Bureaucrat
He is so stunned by this realization that he feels he can only give his life meaning by ending it.

Source: Break the Believer
However, as he thinks about his successes, he comes to the realization that the cat that was used to give him his nine lives died AFTER the experiment, meaning he only had EIGHT LIVES instead of nine.

Source: Cats Have Nine Lives

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