reality

reality

what is real or existent; resemblance to what is real: reality show; something that constitutes an actual thing: The reality is that he is your son.

Not to be confused with:

realty – real property or real estate: She’s a realty salesperson.

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re·al·i·ty

 (rē-ăl′ĭ-tē)

n. pl. re·al·i·ties

1. The quality or state of being actual or true.

2. One, such as a person, an entity, or an event, that is actual: "the weight of history and political realities" (Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.).

3. The totality of all things possessing actuality, existence, or essence.

4. That which exists objectively and in fact: Your observations do not seem to be about reality.

adj.

Relating to or being a genre of television or film in which a storyline is created by editing footage of people interacting or competing with one another in unscripted, unrehearsed situations.

Idiom:

in reality

In fact; actually.

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reality

(rɪˈælɪtɪ)

n, pl -ties

1. the state of things as they are or appear to be, rather than as one might wish them to be

2. something that is real

3. the state of being real

4. (Philosophy) philosophy

a. that which exists, independent of human awareness

b. the totality of facts as they are, independent of human awareness of them. See also conceptualism Compare appearance⁶

5. in reality actually; in fact

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re•al•i•ty

(riˈæl ɪ ti)

n., pl. -ties.

1. the state or quality of being real.

2. resemblance to what is real.

3. a real thing or fact.

4. real things, facts, or events taken as a whole: reading fantasy books to escape from reality.

5. Philos.

a. something that exists independently of ideas concerning it.

b. something that exists independently of all other things and from which all other things derive.

Idioms:

in reality, in fact or truth; actually.

[1540–50; < Medieval Latin reālitās. See real¹, -ity]

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reality

Whatever is accepted as having objective existence, independent of thought or language.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	reality - all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were" world real life, real world - the practical world as opposed to the academic world; "a good consultant must have a lot of experience in the real world" experience - the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"
	2.	reality - the state of being actual or real; "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him" realness, realism actuality - the state of actually existing objectively; "a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality" fact - an event known to have happened or something known to have existed; "your fears have no basis in fact"; "how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell" irreality, unreality - the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact
	3.	reality - the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be; "businessmen have to face harsh realities" actuality - the state of actually existing objectively; "a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality" historicalness - the state of having in fact existed in the past
	4.	reality - the quality possessed by something that is real corporality, corporeality, physicalness, materiality - the quality of being physical; consisting of matter unreality - the quality possessed by something that is unreal

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reality

noun

1. truth, fact, certainty, realism, validity, authenticity, verity, actuality, materiality, genuineness, verisimilitude, corporeality Fiction and reality were increasingly blurred.

2. truth, fact, actuality the harsh reality of top international competition

in reality in fact, really, actually, in truth, as a matter of fact, in actuality, in point of fact He came across as streetwise, but in reality he was not.

Quotations
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away" [Philip K. Dick I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon]
"Human kind"
"Cannot bear very much reality" [T.S. Eliot East Coker]

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reality

noun

1. The fact or state of existing or of being actual:

actuality, being, entity, existence.

2. The quality of being actual or factual:

actuality, fact, factuality, factualness, truth.

3. Something having real, demonstrable existence:

actuality, event, fact, phenomenon.

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Translations

حَقائِق الحَياهحِقيقَه، واقِعوَاقِعواقِعِيَّه

realitaskutečnost

virkelighedkendsgerningrealitet

RealitätWirklichkeit

πραγματικότητα

realidad

todellisuusolemassaolo

réalité

stvarnost

tényekvalószerûség

raunveruleikistaîreynd

realtàrealt...

現実実在

현실

realiteitwerkelijkheidfeitelijkheid

røyndvirkelighet

rzeczywistość

realidade

реальностьявьданностьдействительностьвещественность

stvarnost

verklighet

ความจริง

gerçekgerçek oluşgerçeklik

thực tế

真实事实现实

reality

[riːˈælɪtɪ]

A. N

1. (= real world) → realidad f
let's get back to reality → volvamos a la realidad

2. (= fact, truth) → realidad f
the harsh reality of daily life → la cruda realidad de la vida diaria
let's stick to realities → atengámonos a la realidad
to become (a) reality → convertirse en realidad
in reality (= actually) → en realidad

3. (= trueness to life) → realismo m

B. CPD reality TV N → telerrealidad f

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reality

[riˈælɪti] n → réalité f
fiction and reality → la fiction et la réalité
the harsh realities of life → la dure réalité
to face reality → affronter la réalité
the reality is that ... → la réalité, c'est que ...
to become a reality → devenir réalité
in reality → en réalité, en fait reality checkreality check n
to be a reality check for sb, to provide a reality check for sb → ramener qn à la réalitéreality show n → reality show mreality TV n (also reality television) → télé-réalité f

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reality

n

→ Wirklichkeit f, → Realität f; to become reality → sich verwirklichen; (the) reality is somewhat different → die Wirklichkeit or Realität sieht etwas anders aus; in reality (= in fact) → in Wirklichkeit; (= actually) → eigentlich; to bring somebody back to reality → jdn auf den Boden der Tatsachen zurückbringen; the realities of the situation → der wirkliche Sachverhalt

(= trueness to life) → Naturtreue f

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reality

:

reality check

n (inf) → Augenöffner m (inf); to give somebody a reality → jdm die Augen öffnen; he needs a reality → man muss ihn mit der Realität konfrontieren, er muss sich mit der Realität auseinandersetzen

reality show

n → Reality-TV-Show f

reality TV

n → Reality TV nt; reality show = reality show

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reality

[riːˈælɪtɪ] n → realtà f inv
in reality → in realtà, in effetti

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real

(riəl) adjective

1. which actually exists. There's a real monster in that cave. regte حَقيقي истински verdadeiro skutečný echt rigtig αληθινόςde verdad, verdadero tõeline واقعی oikea vraiאמיתי यथार्थ stvaran, pravi igazi benar-benar ada raunverulegur vero 実在の 실재하는 tikras īsts benar-benar echtvirkelig, ekteprawdziwy رښتينى، حقيقى، واقعى، اصلى، سوچه غير منقول جايداد، شته والى verdadeiro adevărat, real реальный skutočný, naozajstný resničen stvaran verklig, riktig มีอยู่จง gerçek, sahi 真實存在的 реальний, існуючий اصلی thực sự 真实的

2. not imitation; genuine. real leather; Is that diamond real? eg حقيقي، غَيْر مُزَيَّف، أصْلي автентичен verdadeiro pravý echt ægte γνήσιοςverdadero, auténtico ehtne اصل aito vraiאמיתי वास्तविक pravi, nepatvoren valódi asli ekta, ósvikinn vero 本物の 진짜의 tikras īsts tulen echtekteprawdziwy رښتينى verdadeiro veritabil натуральный, настоящий pravý pravi pravi äkta อย่างแท้จริง hakiki, sahici 非造假的，真的 справжній; непідробний حقیقی thật 真的

3. actual. He may own the factory, but it's his manager who is the real boss. werklike حَقيقي، فِعْلي действителен verdadeiro opravdový tatsächlich egentlig πραγματικόςverdadero tegelik حقیقی todellinen véritable בְּאֶמֶת वास्तविक trenutan, pravi tényleges sesungguhnya raunverulegur vero 実際の 실제의 tikrasis, realus īsts; patiess sebenar echtvirkelig, egentligfaktyczny, rzeczywisty حقيقى verdadeiro adevărat истинный skutočný, naozajstný resničen pravi verklig จริง ๆ gerçek, asıl 真正的 справжній اصلی thực tế 实际的

4. great. a real surprise/problem. groot حَقيقي، كَبير ، عَظيم голям total skutečný wirklich stor πραγματικός, μεγάλοςverdadero tõeline, suur بسیار؛ خیلی todellinen vraiממשי बड़ा pravo, pravi nagy; valódi besar virkilegur vero すごい 대단한 tikras, didelis īsts; patiess sebenar echtstor, virkeligprawdziwy دیره total mare большой skutočný resničen veliki verklig, riktig อย่างมาก tam, büyük 大的 справжній بڑا lớn 大的

adverb

(especially American) very; really. a real nice house. baie جِدا наистина muito opravdu äußerst virkeligt πραγματικάmuy; realmente väga واقعا tosi très; vraimentממש यथार्थ में zaista, stvarno nagyon benar-benar reglulega, verulega molto; davvero とても 정말로 tikrai patiesi sememangnya ergriktig, ordentlignaprawdę رښتیا muito foarte, cu adevărat очень skutočne, veľmi zares zaista verkligt, riktigt แท้จริง çok; gerçekten （尤在美國）非常，真的 дуже, справді بہت زیادہ thực sự （尤在美国）非常，真正地

ˈrealist noun

a person who sees, or claims to see, life as it is, without being affected by emotion etc. realis إنْسان واقِعي реалист realista realista der/die Realist(in) realist ρεαλιστήςrealista realist واقع بین؛ واقع نگر realisti réalisteמציאותי यथार्थवादी realist gyakorlatias ember, realista realis raunsæismaður realista 現実主義者 현실주의자 realistas reālists realis realistvirkelighetsnær person realista حقيقت څرګندوونكى، رياليسټ realista realist реалист realista realist realista realist ผู้ยอมรับความจริง gerçekçi 現實主義者 реаліст حقیقت پسند người có óc thực tế 现实主义者

ˈrealism noun

realisme واقِعِيَّه реализъм realismo realismus der Realismus realisme ρεαλισμόςrealismo realism واقع بینی؛ رئالیسم realismi réalisme רֵיאָלִיזם यथार्थवाद realizam realizmus realisme raunsæi; raunhyggja realismo 現実主義 현실주의 realizmas reālisms realisme realistischrealisme, virkelighetstroskaprealizm (فلسفه) رياليسم، هغه عقيده چه وايى موجودات له ذهن نه دباندى واقعى وجود لرى، (ادبيات) هغه ادبى مكتب چه پيښى په واقعى ډول څرګندوى realismo realism реализм realizmus realizem realizam realism การมองสิ่งต่าง ๆ ตามความเป็นจริง gerçekçilik 現實主義 реалізм حقیقت پسندی chủ nghĩa hiện thực 现实主义

ˌreaˈlistic adjective

(negative unrealistic).

1. showing things as they really are. a realistic painting. realisties واقِعي реалистичен realístico realistický realistisch realistisk ρεαλιστικόςrealista realistlik واقعی realistinen réaliste נֶאֱמָן לַמצִיאוּת यथार्थवादी realno élethű; realista realistis raunsær, raunsæis- realistico 写実的な 사실주의의 realistinis reālistisks realistik realistischrealistisk, virkelighetsnær, naturtrorealistyczny حقيقى، واقعى، رښتيا، په ځاى realista realist реалистический realistický stvaren realističan realistisk เป็นแบบนั้นจริง ๆ gerçeğe uygun 現實主義的 реалістичний حقیقت پسندانہ hiện thực 现实主义的

2. taking a sensible, practical view of life. I'd like to think we'd sell five of these a day, but it would be more realistic to say two. realisties واقِعي، عَمَلي، مَنْطِقي реалистичен realístico realistický realistisch realistisk ρεαλιστικόςrealista realistlik واقع بینانه realistinen réalisteמעשי यथार्थवादी realno, realnije reális masuk akal raunhæfur, raunsær realistico 実際的な 현실적인 realistiškas reālistisks; reāls realistic (fikiran) realistischrealistisk, nøkternrealistyczny حقيقى realista realist практический realistický stvaren realističan realistisk ซึ่งปฏิบัติได้จริง gerçekçi 務實的 практичний, тверезий معقول thực tế 现实的

ˌreaˈlistically adverb

realisties واقِعِيّاً реалистично realisticamente realisticky realistisch realistiskt ρεαλιστικά de forma realista realistlikult واقع گرایانه realistisesti d'une façon réaliste בְּאוֹפֶן מְצִיאוּתִי सजीवतापूर्वक, यर्थाथवादिता realno, realistično valóságosan, realisztikusan secara realistis raunsætt in maniera realistica 現実的に 현실적으로 realistiškai reālistiski secara realistik realistischrealistisk, nøkternt realistycznie په حقيقى ډول، په رښتيانۍ توګه de modo realista (în mod) realist реалистически realisticky stvarno realistično realistiskt อย่างแท้จริง gerçekçi bir şekilde 務實地 реалістично حقیقت پسندانہ طور پر một cách thực tế 现实地

reality (riˈӕləti) noun

1. that which is real and not imaginary. It was a relief to get back to reality after hearing the ghost story. realiteit حِقيقَه، واقِع действителност realidade skutečnost die Realität virkelighed πραγματικότηταrealidad tegelikkus حقیقت todellisuus réalité, réelמציאות यथार्थ stvarnost valóság realitas raunveruleiki realtà 現実 현실 realybė realitāte; īstenība realiti werkelijkheidvirkelighetrzeczywistość رښتياتوب، سوچه توپ واقعيت realidade realitate реальность skutočnosť stvarnost stvarnost verklighet[en] ความเป็นจริง gerçek 現實 дійсність, реальність حقیقت thực tế 现实

2. the state of being real. egtheid واقِعِيَّه реалност realidade skutečnost die Wirklichkeit realitet πραγματικότηταrealidad tegelikkus موجودیت tosiasia réalitéמציאות यथार्थ realnost, stvarnost valószerűség keadaan nyata raunveruleiki realtà 現実 실체 tikrovė īstenība; īstums keadaan sebenar werkelijkheidvirkelighet prawdziwość موجوديت realidade realitate подлинность; истинность skutočnosť resničnost realnost verklighet สถานการณ์จริง gerçek oluş 真實 дійсність اصلیت có thật 真实

3. (often in plural – reˈalities) a fact. Death and sorrow are two of the grim realities of human existence. realiteit حَقائِق الحَياه истина realidade realita die Realität realitet; kendsgerning γεγονός, αλήθειαrealidad tõsiasi واقعیت realiteetti réalitéמציאות यथार्थ stvarnost (životna), činjenice tény(ek) kenyataan staðreynd realtà 事実 사실 realybė, realija realitāte; patiesība fakta realiteitrealitetfakt رښتياتوب realidade realitate факт realita stvarnost; dejstvo realnost realitet ความจริง gerçek 事實 реальність سچاءی điều có thật 事实

ˈreally adverb

1. in fact. He looks a fool but he is really very clever. inderwaarheid في الحَقيقَه، في الواقِع всъщност realmente ve skutečnosti wirklich faktisk πραγματικάen realidad tegelikult واقعا؛ حقیقتا oikeastaan en réalité בְּאֶמֶת वास्तव में zapravo valóban sebenarnya í raun og veru in realtà 本当は 사실상 iš tikrųjų īstenībā; patiesībā sebenarnya echti virkeligheten, faktisk, egentligw rzeczywistości په رښتيانى ډول، دواقعيت له مخې na verdade de fapt, în realitate в действительности v skutočnosti v resnici zapravo faktiskt ในความเป็นจริงแล้ว gerçekten, sahiden 真正地，事實上 дійсно, насправді اصل میں thực tế 真正地，事实上

2. very. That's a really nice hat! baie جدا много muito opravdu wirklich virkelig; meget πολύ, πραγματικάrealmente, muy tõesti بسلر todella vraiment בְּאֶמֶת सचमुच, वास्तव में zaista igazán sangat verulega molto; davvero とても 정말로 tikrai patiešām sememangnya ergveldig, virkelignaprawdę دیر muito cu adevărat очень naozaj, skutočne zares veoma verkligen มากมาก çok, pek 非常 дійсно بہت rất 非常

interjection

an expression of surprise, protest, doubt etc. `I'm going to be the next manager.' `Oh really?'; Really! You mustn't be so rude! o ja? حَقّا ! إنَّه لأمرٌ غَريب! наистина ли? sério?/francamente! opravdu wirklich virkelig! αλήθεια! μη μου πεις! (επιφ.) ¿de verdad?; de verdad, francamente (kas) tõesti!, ei või olla! در حقیقت؛ راستش را بخواهی todellako vraimentבאמת! सचमुच doista, zbilja tényleg?, komolyan? sungguh! jæja, virkilega davvero あら, そう 그래, 어머, 아니 nejaugi, tikrai []tiešām benarkah (secara terkejut) echt waar virkelig?; sier du det?; gi deg! czyżby, doprawdy په رښتيانى ډول deveras?/francamente! serios правда?; неужели?; право (же)! naozaj res zaista jaså [minsann]?, nej, vet du vad! สำนวนแสดงความประหลาดใจ; สงสัย Yaa!; Öyle mi?; Ciddî misin? （表示驚訝、抗議、懷疑）真的嗎？ справді واقعی than từ （用于表示惊奇、怀疑等）当真？

real estate

(the buying and selling of) land and houses. eiendom عَقار، ملْك ثابِت недвижим имот (negócio de) bens imobiliários nemovitost die Immobilien (pl.) ejendomshandel ακίνητη περιουσία inmobiliaria kinnisvara مستغلات kiinteistö immobilierמקרקעין जमीन जायदाद nekretnina ingatlan bisnis tanah dan rumah fasteign (agenzia immobiliare) 不動産 부동산 nekilnojamasis turtas nekustams īpašums hartanah onroerend goedfast eiendom; eiendomsmeklingnieruchomość معاملات (negócio de) bens imobiliários proprietate imobiliară недвижимость nehnuteľnosť nepremičnine, realitete nekretnine fast egendom อสังหาริมทรัพย์ gayrimenkul, taşınmaz mal 房地產 нерухоме майно جاءیداد غیر منقولہ bất động sản 房地产

for real

(especially American) genuine; true. He says he's got a new bike, but I don't know if that's for real. waar حَقيقي، صَحيح، صادِق наистина pra valer doopravdy wirklich rigtigt; sandt αληθινός, στ' αλήθεια verdad tõsi واقعا؛ واقعی totta pour de vrai בְּאֶמֶת सच zaista, zapravo igaz benar í alvöru sul serio 本当で 정말로 iš tiesų tiešām; nopietni benar echt waar alvor, sannnaprawdę, prawdziwy رښتيا a valer ade­vă­rat; de-adevăratelea по-настоящему; всерьез naozaj zares stvarno på riktigt ของแท้ sahiden; gerçek （尤指美國）真的，不假的 насправді اصلی xác thực （尤指美国）真的，实在的

in reality

really; actually. He pretends to be busy, but in reality he has very little to do. eintlik في الواقِع، في الحَقيقَه، فِعْلِيّاً в действителност na realidade ve skutečnosti in Wirklichkeit i virkeligheden στην πραγματικότητα en realidad, en verdad, la verdad es que tegelikult در واقع؛ عملا todellisuudessa en réalité בַּמצִיאוּת वास्तव में u stvarnosti, zapravo valóban sebenarnya í raun og veru in realtà 実際は 실제로는 iš tikrųjų īstenībā; patiesībā dalam keadaan sebenar in werkelijkheid i virkeligheten/realiteten w rzeczywistości, faktycznie په رښتیا na verdade de fapt, în realitate на самом деле v skutočnosti v resnici zapravo i verkligheten, i själva verket ในสภาพความจริง gerçekte, aslında 事實上 насправді حقیقت میں trên thực tế 事实上

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realism,

reality

etc see real

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reality

→ وَاقِع realita virkelighed Realität πραγματικότητα realidad todellisuus réalité stvarnost realtà 現実 현실 realiteit virkelighet rzeczywistość realidade реальность verklighet ความจริง gerçeklik thực tế 真实

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re·al·i·ty

n. realidad.

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reality

n (pl -ties) realidad f; — testing (psych) prueba de realidad

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