Actuality

Definitions

1. The state of existing; existence.
   countable, uncountable
2. An instance or quality of being actual or factual; fact.
   countable, uncountable
3. Live reporting on current affairs.
   countable, uncountable
4. A short early motion picture.
   countable, historical, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“"It seems as though I have⟳ lived this life always. The world of books and bookish folk is very vague, more like⟳ a dream⟳ memory than an actuality. I surely have⟳ hunted and forayed and fought all the days of my life. And you, too, seem a part of it. You are -- " I was on the verge of saying, "my woman, my mate," but glibly changed it to -- "standing the hardship well."”

“A cabled despatch is better than nothing, but a voicecast of tolerable quality is preferable, and in certain types of story a voicecast with live⟳ or recorded actuality is best of all. Correspondents all have⟳ portable tape recorders.”

“This is a news report⟳ from the scene of the event. When a voicer and an actuality are combined into one complete⟳ story, it's known as a wrap⟳.”

“By 1903, the actuality film had reached its peak; in 1903, the Edison and Biograph companies, combined, registered three hundred fifty one actuality films for copyright protection. By 1908 that number⟳ had dropped to two.”

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