How do you use the word "virtual" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "virtual" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "virtual": Tatoeba Project is our virtual home. Virtual memory is a memory management technique developed for multitasking kernels.

Virtual Meaning

/ˈvɜːt͡ʃʊəl/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjIn effect or essence, rather than in fact or reality; also, imitated, simulated.

adjFor practical purposes, though not technically; almost complete, very near.

Sentence Examples

Tatoeba Project is our virtual home.

Virtual memory is a memory management technique developed for multitasking kernels.

A system to help programmers create virtual environments

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

practical realistic essential

Antonyms:

unrealistic

CEFR Practice Quiz

The company created a ____ office that employees accessed through their home computers.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The company held a ____ meeting to discuss the new project, as several team members were working from home today.

Word Origin & History

PIE word *wiHrós The adjective is derived from Middle English vertual, virtual [and other forms], from Old French vertüal, vertüelle (modern French virtuel), or from their etymon Medieval Latin virtuālis (“of or pertaining to potency or power; having power to produce an effect, potent; morally virtuous”), from Latin virtūs (“goodness, virtue; manliness, virility”) (from vir (“adult male, man”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“man”), possibly from *weyh₁- (“to chase, hunt, pursue”)) + -tūs (suffix forming collective or abstract nouns)) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship), modelled after virtuōsus (“good, virtuous”). Sense 4 (“pertaining to a theoretical infinitesimal velocity in a mechanical system that does not violate the system’s constraints”) is borrowed from French virtuel, from Middle French virtuel, from Old French vertüal, vertüelle: see above. The noun is derived from the adjective. Cognates * French virtuel * Italian virtuale * Spanish virtual

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"[W]e affirm, that Christ is really taken by faith, by the Spirit, to all real effects of his passion; they say, he is taken by the mouth, and that the spiritual and the virtual taking him, in virtue or effect, is not sufficient, though done also in the sacrament." — 1653 (indicated as 1654), “The Real Presence and Spiritual of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, Proved against the Doctrine of Transubstantiation. Section I. State of the Question.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. […], volume IX, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co. […]; and Richard Priestley, […], published 1822, →OCLC, paragraph 13, page 432:

"And the true art for such popular display is to contrive the best forms for appearing to say something new, when in reality you are but echoing yourself; to break up massy chords into running variations; and to mask, by slight differences in the manner, a virtual identity in the substance." — 1840, Thomas De Quincey, “Style”, in Critical Suggestions on Style and Rhetoric with German Tales and Other Narrative Papers (De Quincey’s Works; XI), London: James Hogg & Sons, published 1859, →OCLC, part I, page 165:

"VIRTUAL is opposed to actual.— […] A thing has a virtual existence when it has all the conditions necessary to its actual existence. The statue exists virtually in the brass or iron, the oak in the acorn." — 1857, William Fleming, “VIRTUAL”, in The Vocabulary of Philosophy, Mental, Moral, and Metaphysical; […], London; Glasgow: Richard Griffin and Company, →OCLC, page 542:

"But it vvas plain, that the general reaſonings vvhich vvere employed againſt that povver, vvent directly to our vvhole legiſlative right; and one part of it could not be yielded to ſuch arguments, vvithout a virtual ſurrender of all the reſt." — 1769, [Edmund Burke], Observations on a Late State of the Nation, London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC, page 77:

"The Chelsea captain [John Terry] was a virtual spectator as he was treated to his side's biggest win for almost two years as Stamford Bridge serenaded him with chants of "there's only one England captain," some 48 hours after he announced his retirement from international football." — 2012 September 24, “Capital One Cup Third Round: Chelsea 6 – 0 Wolves”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2012:

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