/riˈæləti/
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Translation
The way things really are, and not the way people imagine or hope they are.
Word origin
From Latin realis, of the thing, from res, meaning a thing.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- realis
- English cognates
- real, really
Grammar
Gender
Pluralrealities
Examples
films , .
"In reality" means what is actually true.
.
To face reality is to accept what has really happened.
sounded , harder.
Here reality is what happened when they tried it.
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