reality


Definition: Meaning of, reality in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / rɪˈalɪti /

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reality realities
  1. [uncountable and countable] what actually happens or is true, not what is imagined or thought
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  2. in reality used to say that something is different from what people think
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  3. [uncountable] the fact that something exists or is happening
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reality used in phrases

  • in reality (adverb)
    1. used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly
  • reality TV (noun)
    1. television programmes that feature real people doing real things, for example police officers chasing after stolen cars, or people who have been put in different situations and filmed continuously over a period of weeks or months
  • reality check (noun)
    1. an occasion when you consider the facts of a situation, as opposed to what you would like or what you have imagined
  • reality principle (noun)
    1. psychoanalysis the governing principle of the ego; the principle that as a child grows it becomes aware of the real environment and the need to accommodate to it
  • reality television (noun)
    1. a genre of television programming portraying normal people and their reaction to given stimuli and/or goals
  • virtual reality (noun)
    1. an environment produced by a computer that looks and seems real to the person experiencing it
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