reality
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1.4
- noun
- /riˈælɪti/
:
realidad
- But former prosecutors and other experts say that in reality, the process is not that simple.
- economic realities
- representation of reality
- everyday reality
A way out of the world, the reality that they're in.
- A way out of the world, the reality that they're in.
- But then when the dream becomes reality, that's really weird.
- Mercer isn't a fake unless reality is a fake.
- When the equity markets crash, reality will hit Main St.
- Here comes the artist to confront reality, to shoot the ruins.
- I'm done thinking about reality and I know what's true.
- You have these dualisms, but the real reality is singular.
- And you know, you go to Costco just to escape reality, don't you?
- And let me tell you the reality, you don't have much time.
- I think the reality is we got dips.
- I believe we are have the right structure in which reality plays out OK.
- I can argue with reality, but reality always wins.
- And that both are based in a reality that's beyond this life.
- Ready for Zoom Paradise, which is the reality for so many people.
- All, all the world, all the universe, all reality is just power.
Examples
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Proust describes the war itself as "the monstrous reality under which there is nothing."
Academic text (1999) -
To achieve your goals, you must confront the harsh reality of your current situation.
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Because here is the the hard reality of life.
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Get moving, accept reality and make a plan.
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You know, if you cannot face the reality, then you drink, right?
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You have to understand the reality of the situation.
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The impossible just became reality.
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I can argue with reality, but reality always wins.
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"Thank God she survived, but that's the reality of daily life here," he told me.
Academic text (2011) -
The basic idea may sound reasonable, but in reality it did not quite work as envisioned.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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1.0
A fact that shows how things really are
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2.8
The state of being real or alive
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6.5
The state of being real rather than possible
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4.6
The quality of being true and not fake
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.5
A world made by a computer that you can look around, move in, and touch with special goggles or gloves
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2.8
TV shows that follow real people, not actors, in situations that are not planned
- Literature
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9.3
A situation where a person's charm makes others ignore real problems
- Formal
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8.9
Part of the mind that makes you act to meet needs in the real world rather than wishes
How Subjective
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reality comes from the Latin word res, meaning 'thing', and from real, which is 'about things'. Think of reality as the collection of things that are actually there, not what you imagine, so reality means what really exists.