virtual

Examples

• All

• As it was, I had to keep reminding myself that virtual meant real but not true.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Until 1950, the large companies enjoyed a virtual monopoly over the generation of electricity.

  Academic text (1999)

• And in this case, virtual training can really work.

• I think it's time for the virtual reality minute.

• It's good to see your virtual face.

  Deadware (2021)

• "It feels a little strange since all of our communications "have been virtual up until now.

  Catfish (2010)

• So the city has some virtual borders as well.

• So, virtual reality... is practically, totally real... but not.

  Short Cuts (1993)

• So, you know, there's a difference between being virtual and being real.

• The training session offered a virtual experience that mimicked a real classroom environment.

Synonyms

Q

quasi

vsvirtual

• Formal

50 8.1

Seems real or complete but not really

exists or works in effect despite lacking true status

S

simulated

vsvirtual

41 4.4

Made to look like the real thing for practice

exists or works in effect though not actually the original

Antonyms

R

real

∞ 1.0

Happening in real life, not imagined

A

actual

∞ 1.4

Real and existing in fact, not imagined or expected

Compounds

V

virtual reality

• Specialized

43 4.5

A world made by a computer that you can look around, move in, and touch with special goggles or gloves

V

virtual tour

• Texting

3 3.1

An online walk through a real place on your computer or phone

V

virtual image

• Specialized

1 5.3

A picture a computer makes for a game or simulation

V

virtual memory

• Specialized

1 4.2

The computer uses part of its hard disk as extra memory when RAM is full

V

virtual version

1 4.9

A computer model of a person or thing used to test and show how it works

V

virtual storage

• Texting

1 3.6

Online space where you keep and access your files over the internet

V

virtual workspace

• Texting

1 3.9

A shared online place where people work together and share files

V

virtual image

• Specialized

1 7.0

An image seen in a mirror that cannot be projected onto a screen

V

virtual storage

• Specialized

4.6

Part of a computer's disk used like extra memory when the computer's memory is full

How Real

real

∞ 1.0

virtual

54 4.1

simulated

41 4.4

imaginary

195 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology