reality
The state of being actual or real; realness.
Noun 4 meanings
The state of being actual or real; realness.
“The reality of the crash scene on TV dawned upon him only when he saw the victim was no actor but his friend.”
The real world.
A real entity, event, or other fact.
“The ultimate reality of life is that it ends in death.”
The entirety of all that is real.
Etymology
From French réalité (“quality of being real”), from Middle French realité (“property, possession”), from Medieval Latin reālitās, from Late Latin reālis (“real”), equivalent to real + -ity.
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REALITY at a glance
REALITY has 7 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + A 1 + L 1 + I 1 + T 1 + Y 4) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,335 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with reality
All rhymes- CITY9
- UNIVERSITY16
- COMMUNITY18
- SECURITY13
- QUALITY19
- ABILITY12
- OPPORTUNITY18
- MAJORITY20
- ACTIVITY16
- AUTHORITY15
- RESPONSIBILITY21
- CAPACITY17
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