reality

CEFRB1

/ɹiːˈælɪti/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The true state of things, rather than imagination.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A real entity, event, or other fact.

Examples

  • Mary's dream of going abroad finally became a reality.

  • You should make your ideas correspond with reality.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The real world.

  2. The state of being actual or real; realness.

  3. The entirety of all that is real.

More examples

In context

  • The reality of the crash scene on TV dawned upon him only when he saw the victim was no actor but his friend.

  • The ultimate reality of life is that it ends in death.

  • There are several new realities that this team now needs to accept: our old project is dead, and our new project is now the priority.

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Origin

noun

From French réalité (“quality of being real”), from Middle French realité (“property, possession”), from Medieval Latin reālitās, from Late Latin reālis (“real”), equivalent to real + -ity. Recorded since 1550 as a legal term in the sense of “fixed property” (compare real estate, realty); the sense “real existence” is attested from 1647. First attested in c. 1540.