actuality
/ˌæk.tʃuˈæl.ə.ti/
noun
- The state of existing in fact, not just as an idea or possibility.
- In actuality, the project took twice as long as we expected.
- We need to move from planning to actuality and start building the house.
- The dream of space travel became an actuality in the 20th century.
- Something that is real and exists; a fact.
- The harsh actualities of war are difficult to imagine from a distance.
- The documentary shows the actualities of life in a small fishing village.
- She had to face the actuality that her old friend had changed.
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